| Sukkur Barrage | |
|---|---|
| سکر بئراج سکھر بیراج | |
 Sukkur Barrage Photo from Upstream side | |
| 27°40′50″N 68°50′43″E / 27.68056°N 68.84528°E | |
| Waterway | Indus River |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Province | Sindh |
| Maintained by | Sindh Irrigation & Power Department |
| Operation | Hydraulic |
| First built | 1932 |
| Latest built | Rehabilitated in November 2004 |
| Length | Approximately 2 km (1 mi) |
| Discharge capacity 1.15 million cusec(cubic feet per second)[1] | |
Sukkur Barrage (Sindhi: سکر بئراج, Urdu: سکھر بیراج) is a barrage on the River Indus near the city of Sukkur in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The barrage was built during the British Raj from 1923 to 1932 and was named Lloyd Barrage. The Sukkur Barrage, is the pride of Pakistan's irrigation system as it is the largest single irrigation network of its kind in the world. It irrigates from Sukkur district in the north, to Mirpurkhas/Tharparkar and Hyderabad districts in the south of Sindh, almost all parts of the province.[2] It is situated about 500 kilometres (300 miles) northeast of Karachi, 5 kilometres (3 miles) below the railway bridge, or the Sukkur Gorge. The introduction of barrage-controlled irrigation system resulted in more timely water supplies for the existing cultivated areas of Sindh province of Pakistan.[2]
- ^ Ghori, Habib Khan (28 November 2015). "Sindh CM approves Rs12.6bn Sukkur barrage rehabilitation project". DAWN.COM. Karachi. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Musharraf praises army for rehabilitating Sukkur barrage". Daily Times (newspaper). Associated Press of Pakistan. 27 March 2005. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 15 January 2021.