Khanki Headworks
| Khanki Headworks | |
|---|---|
Interactive map of Khanki Headworks | |
| Waterway | Chenab River |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Province | Punjab |
| County | Gujranwala District |
| Maintained by | Punjab Irrigation Department |
| Operation | Manual / Hydraulic (older headworks manual shutters; new barrage gates electronically/hydraulically operated) |
| First built | 1892 |
| Latest built | 2017 (new Khanki Barrage completed) |
| Length | 4,384 ft (new barrage total length) |
| Above sea level | ~730 feet at high floods (old headworks experienced water reaching 730 ft above sea level) |
| Discharge capacity of old headworks ~800,000 cusecs; new barrage increased flood discharge ~37.5% to ≈31,000 m³/s | |
Khanki Headworks is a headworks situated on the River Chenab in Wazirabad District, Gujrat Division of the Punjab province of Pakistan. With its construction completed in 1889, it is one of the oldest headworks in Pakistan.
Khanki Headworks is also used to divert water to the Lower Chenab Canal, which originates from Khanki Headworks. Khanki controls water distribution over 3 million acres (12,000 km2) of agricultural lands by one main distributary, the Lower Chenab Canal, and 59 minor distributaries.