Assignment 2
Assignment 2
PART 1
HYDROPOWER DEVELOPMENT IN PAKISTAN
(LOCATION MAP)
N
NASIRABAD
96 MW
PHANDER
80 MW
SHER QILA
88 MW
SHOGO-SIN ALTIT
132 MW 250 MW
NALTAR-I
SHASHGHAI-ZHENDOLI 18 MW BUNJI
144 MW KANCH 7100 MW
122 MW YULBO
2800 MW
DIAMER-BASHA
LAWI MATILTAN 4500 MW, 6.4 MAF
KARRANG
70 MW 84 MW
458 MW TANGUS
KAIGAH 2200 MW
GOLEN GOL
548 MW
106 MW
HARPO
34.5 MW
SKARDU
MIRKHANI
GABRAL KALAM 1200 MW GOWARI
105 MW 30 MW
NEW BONG
84 MW
(In Operation under PPIB)
JINNAH
TAUNSA 96 MW
120 MW
CHASHMA
184 MW, 0.61 MAF
GENERAL MANAGER (HYDRO) PLANNING
SEPTEMBER, 2016
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.
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
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
Darawat Dam:
Location: is concrete gravity dam across Nai Baran River near
Village of Jhangri in Jamshoro district of Sindh, Pakistan.
Operator: WAPDA
Part 3
Khanpur Dam:
Location: located on the Haro River in Khanpur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa about 50 km
from Islamabad.
Operator: IDA: IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE AUTHORITY
Simly Dam:
Location: located on the Soan River, 30 kilometers (19 mi) east of { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad" \o "Islamabad" } and { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawalpindi" \o "Rawalpindi" } in { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rawalpindi_District" \o "Rawalpindi District" }, {
HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_(Pakistan)" \o "Punjab (Pakistan)" }, {
HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" \o "Pakistan" }.
Operator: IDA: IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE AUTHORITY
Part 4
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 { HYPERLINK "https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Barrage_(dam)" \o "Barrage (dam)"
} on the { HYPERLINK "https://www.wikiwand.com/en/River_Indus" \o "River Indus" } in {
HYPERLINK "https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Mianwali_District" \o "" } of the {
HYPERLINK "https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Punjab_(Pakistan)" \o "Punjab (Pakistan)"
} province of { HYPERLINK "https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Pakistan" \o "Pakistan"
} 304 km NW of { HYPERLINK "https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Lahore" \o "Lahore" } and
56 km downstream of { HYPERLINK "https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Jinnah_Barrage" \o ""
}.
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 ‘{ HYPERLINK "https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Sutlej_Valley_Project_Railways" \o
"Sutlej Valley Project Railways" }’ 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
Sindh
Guddu Barrage ({ HYPERLINK "https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Urdu_language" \o ""
}: )ﮔﮉو ﺑﯿﺮاجis a { HYPERLINK "https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Barrage_(dam)" \o "Barrage
(dam)" } on the { HYPERLINK "https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Indus_River" \o "Indus
River" } near { HYPERLINK "https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Kashmore" \o "" } in the {
HYPERLINK "https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Sindh" \o "" } province of { HYPERLINK
"https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Pakistan" \o "" }.
Part 5
Punjab
Bambanwala-Ravi-Bedian Canal (BRB Canal), also called Ichogil Canal,{ HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bambawali-Ravi-Bedian_Canal" \l "cite_note-1" }
is a manmade waterway in Pakistan that takes off from
the { HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Chenab_Canal" \o "Upper Chenab
Canal" } near the { HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bambanwala" \o
"Bambanwala" } village (to the west of { HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daska"
\o "Daska" }), runs southeast until reaching close to the India-Pakistan border and then runs
south parallel to the border. It ends at the { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutlej" \o "Sutlej" } near Kangan Pur 100 km south of Lahore. It
is the source of the { HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahore_Canal" \o "Lahore
Canal" } which runs westwards to the city of { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahore" \o "Lahore" }.
Chashma Right Bank Irrigation Project (CRBIP) is located at { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chashma_(Pakistan)" \o "Chashma (Pakistan)" } in {
HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damaan" \o "Damaan" }, { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_(Pakistan)" \o "Punjab (Pakistan)" }, { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" \o "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 { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" \o "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa" } and
240,000 acres in Punjab.
Jalalpur Canal is a canal being built on the east bank of the { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhelum_River" \o "Jhelum River" }. The canal will run from {
HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pind_Dadan_Khan_Tehsil" \o "Pind Dadan
Khan Tehsil" } in { HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhelum_District" \o "Jhelum
District" } to { HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khushab_District" \o "Khushab
District" }.
The Jhang Branch Canal is a canal which originates from the { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Chenab_Canal" \o "Lower Chenab Canal" }.The main
areas to which it supplies water is { HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhang" \o
"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 { HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" \o "Pakistan" }. It starts
from { HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunsa_Barrage" \o "Taunsa Barrage"
} at { HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus_River" \o "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.
The Lower Bari Doab Canal is part of the second largest irrigation system of the {
HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab,_Pakistan" \o "Punjab, Pakistan" }{
HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Bari_Doab_Canal" \l "cite_note-1"
}
serving approximately 275,000 farmsteads.{ HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Bari_Doab_Canal" \l "cite_note-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 {
HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khanki_Headworks" \o "Khanki Headworks" }, which is
situated on the { HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Chenab" \o "River Chenab"
} in { HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujranwala_District" \o "Gujranwala District" }.{
{ HYPERLINK
HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Chenab_Canal" \l "cite_note-1" }
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Chenab_Canal" \l "cite_note-2" }
Some { HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributary" \o "Distributary" } coming out of
Lower Chenab Canal are the { HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhang_Branch" \o
"Jhang Branch" }, the { HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakh_Branch" \o "Rakh
Branch" } and the { HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gugera_Branch_Canal" \o
"Gugera Branch Canal" }.
The Punjab Canal Colonies is the name given to parts of western { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_(region)" \o "Punjab (region)" } which were brought
under cultivation through the construction of canals and agricultural colonisation during the {
HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Raj" \o "British Raj" }. Between 1885
and 1940, nine canal colonies were created in the inter-fluvial tracts east of the { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beas_River" \o "Beas River" } and { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutlej" \o "Sutlej" } and west of the { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jhelum_River" \o "Jhelum River" } rivers. The Punjab
underwent an agricultural revolution as arid subsistence production was replaced by the
commercialised production of huge amounts of { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheat" \o "Wheat" }, { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotton" \o "Cotton" } and { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar" \o "Sugar" }.{ HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjab_Canal_Colonies" \l "cite_note-1"
}
In total, over one million { HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjabis" \o
"Punjabis" } settled in the new colonies, relieving demographic pressures in central Punjab.
SINDH
KPK
Pehur High Level Canal commonly known as STFA Canal located in { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabi_District" \o "Swabi District" }, { HYPERLINK
"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" \o "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa" }, {
HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan" \o "Pakistan" }. Starts from {
HYPERLINK "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarbela_Dam" \o "Tarbela Dam" } and ends at
Upper Swat canal