ASSIGNMENT 2

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Kurram Garhi Power House:
Location: North-West of Bannu district of Khyber Pukhtun-khwa at a distance of about 09
km from Bannu City.
Operator: WAPDA.
The 04 MW Kurram Garhi Hydel Power Station (Power House No.1&2) was constructed in
cascade and commissioned in 1957 by NWFP Irrigation Department. Later on, these Power
Houses were handed over to WAPDA on 05-10-1961.

Chitral Hydel Power Station:

Location: located on the right bank of Lutkho River, 5 km upstream of Chitral City. 
Operator: WAPDA

Duber khwar HydroPower Project:

Location: On Duber Khwar River, a right bank tributary of Indus River near Patan in
Kohistan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Operator: WAPDA

Golen Gol Hydropower Project:

Location: On Golen Gol River, a major tributary of Mastuj River in the District Chitral of
KP.
Operator: WAPDA

Warsak Hydroelectric Project:

Location: located on River Kabul at about 30 KM from Peshawar in Distt. Peshawar (KPK).
Operator: WAPDA

Renala Hydro Power Station:

Location: located at RD (160+686) near Renala City on Lower Bari Doab Canal (LBDC) off
taking from Head Balloki. Renala City is in Okara District about 109 Km from Lahore,
Punjab.
Operator: WAPDA

NANDIPUR Hydel Power Station Gujranwala:

Location: Situated on Upper Chenab Canal near Nandipur village at a distance of about 10
Km from Gujranwala on Gujranwala-Sialkot Road.
Operator: WAPDA

Chichoki Hydel Power Station:

Location: Situated on Upper Chenab Canal (UCC) near Village Joyanwala District
Sheikhupura about 20 km both from Sheikhupura and Muridke in Punjab.
Operator: WAPDA

Shadiwal Hydel Power Station:

Location: located at the tale of Upper Jhelum Canal (UJC) that takes off from Mangla
Headworks on Jhelum River at a distance of 15 Km west of Gujrat city in Punjab.
Operator: WAPDA
JINNAH HYDROPOWER PROJECT
Location: located on the right side of existing Jinnah Barrage, 5 km from Kalabagh town in
District Mianwali and 234 km from Islamabad.
Operator: WAPDA

Rasul Hydel Power Station:

Location: located on Upper Jhelum Canal (UJC) near Rasul Village at distance of 150 Km
South East from Islamabad in district Mandi Bahaudin Punjab.
Operator: WAPDA

The Mangla Dam (Urdu: ‫)منگال بند‬:

Location: Situated on the Jhelum River in the Mirpur District of Azad Jammu and
Kashmir, Pakistan. 
Operator: WAPDA

The Neelum–Jhelum Hydropower Plant:

Location: is part of a run-of-the-river hydroelectric power scheme in azad Kashmir Pakistan,
designed to divert water from the Neelum River to a power station on the Jhelum River.
Operator: WAPDA

Naulong Dam:
Location:  located on the Mula River, about 30 km from Gandawah City in Jhal
Magsi district of Balochistan, Pakistan.
Status: It is an embankment dam currently under construction.
Operator: WAPDA

Sabakzai Dam:
Location: located on the Sawar Rud, a tributary of Zhob River, about 68 km southwest
of Zhob in Balochistan, Pakistan.
Operator: WAPDA

Miraani Dam (Urdu: ‫)میرانی ڈیم‬:

Location: Dasht River south of the Central Makran Range in Kech
District in Balochistan province of Pakistan.
Operator: WAPDA

Hub Dam (Urdu: ‫حب ڈیم‬ ):

Location: It is situated 56 km from Karachi city in Karachi and Lasbela
Districts on Sindh and Balochistan provinces border.
Operator: WAPDA

Satpara Dam:
Location: located downstream from Satpara Lake on the Satpara Stream approximately 4 km
from the town of Skardu in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan.
Operator: WAPDA
Gomal Zam Dam (Urdu: ‫)گومل زم ڈیم‬:
Location: located in South Waziristan Tribal District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Operator: WAPDA

Allai Khwar Hydropower Plant:

Location: located in the Battagram District on the Allai Khwar River, a left bank tributary
of Indus River in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.
Operator: WAPDA

Khan Khwar Hydropower Plant:

Location: located near the town of Besham in Shangla District on the Khan Khwar River, a
right bank tributary of Indus River in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.
Operator: WAPDA

Warsak Dam (Pashto: ‫;د ورسک بند‬ Urdu: ‫)ورسک ڈیم‬:

Location: located on the Kabul River in the Valley of Peshawar, approximately 20 km
northwest of the city of Peshawar in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.
Operator: WAPDA

Tarbela Dam (Urdu: ‫)تربیال بند‬:

Location: Located in the Swabi mainly and in some area of Haripur District of the province.
Operator: WAPDA

Ghazi-Barotha Hydropower Project (Urdu: ‫)غازى بروتھا‬:

Location: it is a 1,450 MW run-of-the-river hydropower connected to the Indus River about
10 km (6.2 mi) west of Attock in Punjab and east of Swabi and Haripur districts in Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
Operator: WAPDA

Darawat Dam:
Location: is concrete gravity dam across Nai Baran River near Village
of Jhangri in Jamshoro district of Sindh, Pakistan.
Operator: WAPDA

Nai Gaj Dam:

Location: On the Gaj River in the gorge area at the edge of Kirthar Mountains range at about
65 kilometres (40 mi) north-west of Dadu city in Dadu District, Sindh Province of Pakistan.
Status: it is an embankment dam currently under construction.
Operator: WAPDA
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Khanpur Dam:
Location: located on the Haro River in Khanpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa about 50 km
from Islamabad.
Operator: IDA: IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE AUTHORITY

Tanda Dam or Tanda Lake:

Location: located in Kohat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa the province of Pakistan.
Operator: IDA: IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE AUTHORITY

Simly Dam: 
Location: located on the Soan River, 30 kilometers (19 mi) east
of Islamabad and Rawalpindi in Rawalpindi District, Punjab, Pakistan.
Operator: IDA: IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE AUTHORITY

Rawal Lake (Urdu: ‫)جھیل راول‬:

Location: Margalla Hills National Park. It is in Pakistan is an artificial reservoir that
provides the water needs for the cities of Rawalpindi and Islamabad.
Operator: IDA: IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE AUTHORITY

Chotiari Dam (Urdu: ‫ بند‬P‫چوٹیاری‬ ):

Location: it is an artificial water reservoir situated 35 km away from
the Sanghar town in Sanghar District, Sindh, Pakistan.
Operator: IDA: IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE AUTHORITY

Namal Lake (Urdu: ‫)نمل جھیل‬:

Location: located near Rikhi, a village on one corner of the Namal valley in Mianwali
District, Punjab, Pakistan.
Operator: IDA: IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE AUTHORITY
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Munda Headworks
Munda Headworks is a dam and is located in KPK, Pakistan. The estimate terrain elevation
above seal level is 368 metres.

Punjab
Sulemanki Headworks 
It is a headworks on the River Sutlej near Okara, in the Punjab province of Pakistan.

Chashma Barrage 
It is a barrage on the River Indus in Mianwali District of the Punjab province
of Pakistan 304 km NW of Lahore and 56 km downstream of Jinnah Barrage.

Head Balloki or Balloki Headworks is a barrage on the Ravi River in the Punjab, Pakistan.it

is 70 KM distance from Lahore.

The Islam Headworks, commonly known as Head Islam, is a headworks on the River

Sutlej in Hasilpur Tehsil of the Punjab province of Pakistan.

The Jinnah Barrage is a barrage on the River Indus near Kalabagh, Pakistan. It is part of the

Thal Project which helps irrigate 770,000 ha (1,900,000 acres) in the Sindh Sagar Doab east
of the Indus.

Khanki Headworks is a headworks situated on the River Chenab in Gujranwala District of

the Punjab province of Pakistan.

Marala Headworks is a headworks situated on the Chenab River near the city

of Sialkot in Punjab, Pakistan.

Panjnad River (Punjabi & Urdu: ‫ )پنجند‬is a river at the extreme end of Bahawalpur

district in Punjab, Pakistan.

Rasul Barrage is a barrage on the River Jehlum between Jhelum District and Mandi
Bahauddin District of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is situated 72 km downstream
of Mangla Dam.

It is the last Headworks over Ravi River before its confluence into Chanab River about 15
KM ahead. It is situated about 2 KM from Abdul Hakeem.

The ‘Mailsi Canal’ and the ‘Islam Headworks’ were built by the Punjab Irrigation
Department as part of the ‘Sutlej Valley Project’ which included headworks and a network of
irrigation canals using the water from the River Sutlej. Known later as the ‘Islam Barrage’ it
used for irrigation and flood control, the 1650 dam(500 mtr) dam was completed in 1927 and
supplies two off-taking canals ; the ‘Mailsi Canal’ on its right bank and the ‘Bahawalpur
Canal' from its left bank
Head Taunsa Barrage is a barrage on the River Indus in Taunsa Tehsil of Dera Ghazi Khan
District, Punjab province of Pakistan.[1] It is situated 20 kilometres (12 miles) southeast
of Taunsa Sharif and 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) from Kot Addu.

Trimmu Barrage is a barrage on the River Chenab in the Jhang District of

the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is situated downstream of the confluence of the River
Jhelum and River Chenab. It is situated some 25 km from the city of Jhang near the city
of Atharan Hazari where the River Jhelum flows into the River Chenab.

Sindh
Guddu Barrage (Urdu: ‫)گڈو بیراج‬is a barrage on the Indus River near Kashmore in
the Sindh province of Pakistan.

Kotri Barrage, also known as the Ghulam Muhammad Barrage, is a barrage on the Indus

River between Jamshoro and Hyderabad in the Sindh province of Pakistan.

Sukkur Barrage (Sindhi: ‫سکر بئراج‬, Urdu: ‫ )سکھر بیراج‬is a barrage on the River Indus near the

city of Sukkur in the Sindh province of Pakistan.

Part 5

Punjab
Bambanwala-Ravi-Bedian Canal (BRB Canal), also called Ichogil Canal,[1] is a manmade
waterway in Pakistan that takes off from the Upper Chenab Canal near
the Bambanwala village (to the west of Daska), runs southeast until reaching close to the
India-Pakistan border and then runs south parallel to the border. It ends at the Sutlej near
Kangan Pur 100 km south of Lahore. It is the source of the Lahore Canal which runs
westwards to the city of Lahore.

Chashma Right Bank Irrigation Project (CRBIP) is located

at Chashma in Damaan, Punjab, Pakistan.Chashma Right Bank canal off-takes from Chashma
Barrage on its right bank and extends south ward up to Tounsa Barrage on Indus River.
Chashma Right Bank Irrigation Canal was constructed to cultivate an area of 606,000 acres
out of which, 366,000 acres in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and 240,000 acres in Punjab.

The Gugera Branch Canal originates from the Lower Chenab Canal. The main areas to
which it supplies water are Toba Tek Singh and Faisalabad in Punjab province of Pakistan.it
as named after Gogera that was district at that time.

Jalalpur Canal is a canal being built on the east bank of the Jhelum River. The canal will
run from Pind Dadan Khan Tehsil in Jhelum District to Khushab District.

The Jhang Branch Canal is a canal which originates from the Lower Chenab Canal.The
main areas to which it supplies water is Jhang only. And ends at Nanak Sir
The Kachhi Canal Project is a 499-km long canal project situated in the Balochistan and
Punjab Provinces of Pakistan. It starts from Taunsa Barrage at Indus River and terminates in
Balochistan. The length of main canal is 399 km, out of which 305 km lies in Punjab region
while 94 km are in Balochistan.

Left Bank Outfall Drain is a drainage canal in Pakistan. It starts from Ghotki district, which
is located on the Sindh-Punjab border, and flows through the districts on the left bank
of River Indus before ending in the Sir Creek of Arabian Sea on Badin's coast

The Lower Bari Doab Canal is part of the second largest irrigation system of the Punjab,
Pakistan[1] serving approximately 275,000 farmsteads.[2] It is located south west of Lahore and
runs alongside the River Ravi. The 201 km long canal along with 2,264 km of distribution
channels irrigates 700,000 hectares of land of Okara, Pakpattan, Sahiwal and Khanewal
districts.

The Lower Chenab Canal is a canal in Pakistan. It was dug in 1892 and originates
from Khanki Headworks, which is situated on the River Chenab in Gujranwala District.[1][2]
Some distributaries coming out of Lower Chenab Canal are the Jhang Branch, the Rakh
Branch and the Gugera Branch Canal.

Pakpattan Canal is an irrigation canal in central Punjab, Pakistan. The canal is extracted

from Sulemanki Headworks.

The Marala–Ravi Link Canal (MRL canal) is a canal in Pakistani Punjab that flows from

the Marala Headworks on the Chenab River near Sialkot to the Ravi river. 

The Punjab Canal Colonies is the name given to parts of western Punjab which were
brought under cultivation through the construction of canals and agricultural colonisation
during the British Raj. Between 1885 and 1940, nine canal colonies were created in the inter-
fluvial tracts east of the Beas and Sutlej and west of the Jhelum rivers. The Punjab underwent
an agricultural revolution as arid subsistence production was replaced by the commercialised
production of huge amounts of wheat, cotton and sugar.[1] In total, over one
million Punjabis settled in the new colonies, relieving demographic pressures in central
Punjab.

The Rakh Branch is a canal in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The Rakh Branch originates

from canal Lower Chenab. And Lower Chenab comes out from Head Khanki at the
river Chenab. It passes and produces tributaries in three districts such as Hafizabad, Nankana
Sahib and Faisalabad. Many famous towns are situated at near the Rakh Branch such
as Safdarabad, Sangla Hill, Salarwala, Chak Jhumra, Gatwala, Abdullahpur and Faisalabad.
The canal ends at Samundri.

The Upper Bari Doab Canal (UBDC) off-taking from Madhopur irrigates agricultural lands
in Punjab and provides water to the cities of Gurdaspur, Batala and Amritsar. After
independence, India signed the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan obtaining the exclusive use
of waters from the Ravi River. Subsequently, India rebuilt the Madhopur headwork as a full
barrage. Pakistan continues to use the UBDC canal network within its territory, replacing the
Ravi waters by waters from Chenab via the BRB Canal.

The Upper Jhelum Canal is an irrigation canal in Pakistan that provides water to 1.8 million
acres of farmland. The Upper Jhelum Canal starts at the Jhelum River at Mangla Dam.[1] It
runs through Gujrat and Mandi Bahauddin in Punjab, Pakistan, and then finally ends up in
the Chenab River at Khanki Barrage.

Lahore Canal (Urdu/Punjabi: ‫ )الہور نہر‬begins at the Bambawali-Ravi-Bedian (BRB) Canal

that runs through the east of the city of Lahore, Punjab in Pakistan. 

SINDH

Let Wah Canal OR Wah Canal stretches from Hyderabad district to Mirwah. A small town

around 24 kilometers from Mirpurkhas.

Nai Gaj (Sindhi: ‫نئي گاج‬, Urdu: ‫ )نئی گاج‬is an ephemeral river in Dadu

District of Sindh, Pakistan. The Government of Pakistan build the Nai Gaj Dam[1] on its
course. Nai Gaj drains part of the Kirthar Mountains, and flows from Balochistan province
towards Sindh. It ends at Lake Manchar after flowing through the arid areas of Kachho in
Dadu District.

The Nara Canal is a deepened delta channel of the Indus River in Sindh province, Pakistan.

The canal runs from above the Sukkur Barrage through the districts
of Khairpur, Sanghar, Mirpurkhas and Tharparkar to the Jamrao Canal.

Phuleli is a canal in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. The canal starts at the Ghulam Muhammad

Barrage on the left side of the Indus River and runs through Hyderabad, Sindh's second
biggest city.

Rainee Canal Project is located in Ghotki, Sukkur and Khairpur Districts of Sindh

Province in Pakistan. It is a canal that starts from the left bank of Indus River at Guddu
Barrage. The total length of the main canal is about 175 km and length of its distributaries
will be around 686 km.

KPK

Pehur High Level Canal commonly known as STFA Canal located in Swabi

District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Starts from Tarbela Dam and ends at Upper Swat
canal

Swats Canal flows under the Malakand Pass through Benton Tunnel, completed in 1914.
Below Dargai, the Munda Headworks, built by the British in 1921,[8] feed canals that supply
numerous smaller canals in the districts of Charsadda, Swabi and Mardan in the Peshawar
Valley. The river also recharges water wells and springs through seepage.