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TAUNSA BARRAGE

Taunsa Barrage is located on the River Indus at about 39 km south of Taunsa
Sharif town and 17 km north-west of town of Kot Addu. It was constructed
from 1953–1958 to provide weir-controlled irrigation supplies to originally
flood fed areas on both banks of the river along with some new lands in the
Thal desert area.

The Barrage serves 2.351 million acres (951,400 hectares) besides diverting
flows from the River Indus to the River Chenab through Taunsa-Panjnad (TP)
Link Canal. The Barrage also serves as an arterial road bridge, a railway
bridge, and a crossing for gas, oil, telephone lines as well as high voltage
transmission lines. The Barrage, as originally constructed, has 65 bays with
a total width of 4,346 ft between the abutments.

BARRAGE DATA

Capacity (cusecs) Length b/w abutt. (ft) Clear water way (ft)

1,000,000 4346 3860

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