Marala Headworks

Marala Headworks
مرالہ ہیڈ ورکس
A view of Marala Headworks
32°40′24″N 74°27′50″E / 32.67333°N 74.46389°E / 32.67333; 74.46389
WaterwayChenab River
CountryPakistan
CountyMarala, Gujrat District
Maintained byPunjab Irrigation Department
OperationHydraulic
First built1912
Latest built1968
Length500,000 feet (150 km)
Fall15 feet (4.6 m)
Above sea level820 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]

  1. ^ Report, Dawn (7 September 2014). "Flood peak from Jammu threatens key barrages". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  2. ^ Naqvi, Indus Waters and Social Change (2012), p. 24.
  3. ^ Singh, Irrigation and Soil Salinity in the Indian Subcontinent (2005), p. 115.