Rasul Barrage

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.
 Rasool Barrage

‫رسول بیراج‬

Waterway Jhelum River

Country Pakistan

State Punjab

Maintained by Punjab Irrigation Department

Operation Hydraulic

First built 1968

Length 975 meters (3,201 ft)

Width 17 meters (56 ft)

Fall 6 meters (20 ft)

Above sea level 250 meters (820 ft)

Coordinates 32°40′49″N 73°31′15″E (https://geohack.toolforge.

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New Barrage and old barrage

The current structure of the barrage was constructed in 1968 and the old barrage (built by the
British) has been dismantled. The Punjab Irrigation Department's Sargodha Zone is responsible
for the operation of this barrage. Rasul Barrage is used to control water flow in the River Jhelum
for irrigation and flood control purposes.
Rasul Barrage at River Jhelum

Rasul Barrage has a discharge capacity of 24070 cubic meter per second.[1] Water is diverted
from this point to Chenab River at Qadirabad through Rasul-Qadirabad link canal, then ultimately
transferred to Sulemanki Barrage on the Sutlej River. Rasul-Qadirabad link canal has the second
largest water discharge capacity after Chashma-Jhelum link canal. It has 538-m³/s discharge
capacity while Chashma-Jhelum link canal has 615-m³/s capacity. Lower Jhelum Canal, with a
discharge capacity of 5280 cusecs also emanates from river Jhelum at this barrage.[2]

This canal has culturable command area of 1.45 million acres and irrigates the districts of
Mandi Bahauddin and Sargodha.

Rasul Hydel Power Station

 Rasul Hydel Power Station

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Power generation

Nameplate capacity 22 MW

Annual net output 32.8 GW·h

External links

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A small hydropower plant of 22 MW (two units of 11 MW each) generation capacity was also put
into operation on Upper Jhelum Canal at Rasul, Punjab in December 1952 with average annual
yield of 63 units (GWh).[3]

See also

List of barrages and headworks in Pakistan

List of dams and reservoirs in Pakistan

List of power stations in Pakistan

Punjab Irrigation Department

References

1. Rasul Barrage – Irrigation and soil salinity in the Indian subcontinent: past and present By N. T. Singh (htt
ps://books.google.com/books?id=a4RCXuoMotAC&pg=PA115&lpg=PA115&dq=rasul+barrage&source=bl
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2. "Introduction of Sargodha Irrigation Zone" (https://irrigation.punjab.gov.pk/page/1024) . Punjab

Irrigation Department. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

3. : http://pecongress.org.pk/images/upload/books/12-Mazhar%20Hussain.pdf

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