| Marala Headworks | |
|---|---|
| مرالہ ہیڈ ورکس | |
 A view of Marala Headworks | |
| 32°40′24″N 74°27′50″E / 32.67333°N 74.46389°E | |
| Waterway | Chenab River |
| Country | Pakistan |
| County | Marala, Gujrat District |
| Maintained by | Punjab Irrigation Department |
| Operation | Hydraulic |
| First built | 1912 |
| Latest built | 1968 |
| Length | 500,000 feet (150 km) |
| Fall | 15 feet (4.6 m) |
| Above sea level | 820 feet (250 m) |
| Discharge capacity Up to 1.1 million cusec[1] | |
Marala Headworks is a headworks situated on the Chenab River near the city of Sialkot in Gujrat district in Punjab, Pakistan. A weir was first built during 1906–1912 in the British India to feed the Upper Chenab Canal, as part of the 'Triple Canals Project'.[2] A new Marala Barrage was constructed in 1968 to feed the Marala–Ravi Link Canal in addition to the original Upper Chenab Canal.[3]
- ^ Report, Dawn (7 September 2014). "Flood peak from Jammu threatens key barrages". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 29 November 2020.
- ^ Naqvi, Indus Waters and Social Change (2012), p. 24.
- ^ Singh, Irrigation and Soil Salinity in the Indian Subcontinent (2005), p. 115.