Panjnad Headworks

For the river, see Panjnad River.
Panjnad Headworks
Interactive map of Panjnad Headworks
LocationBahawalpur Division, Punjab, Pakistan
PurposeIrrigation, flood control
StatusOperational
Opening date1932
OwnerPunjab Irrigation Department
Dam and spillways
Type of damBarrage
Spillways47
Spillway typeRadial gates

Panjnad Headworks is a gated barrage on the Panjnad River about twelve kilometres north of Uch Sharif in Bahawalpur Division, Punjab, Pakistan, situated just below the confluence of the Chenab River and the Sutlej River where the five rivers of historic Punjab merge. The barrage supplies irrigation water to Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan districts through the Panjnad, Abbassia and Abbassia Link canals and also moderates flood flows at the tail end of the Chenab system.

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