History of dera ghazi khan ghazi university pakistan. It will help those urdu speaking students who dont have a good teacher or who are searching for translation. Still farther the taunsa barrage, designed for the irrigation of land in the dera ghazi khan and muzaffargarh districts, also produces about 100,000 kilowatts of electricity. Resilience to climate change at taunsa barrage, pakistan an ethnoenvironmental study. The passion and parochialism of provincial rugby has helped give the game a special place in new zealands social and sporting history.
Read brief histories, highlights and quirky facts about each of new zealands 26 regional rugby teams. Taunsa barrage is a barrage on the river indus in taunsa tehsil of dera ghazi khan district. Ghazi barotha damghazi barotha dam is located on indus river in pakistan. The guddu barrage is just other articles where taunsa barrage is discussed. Head draftsman syed tufail hussain shah received silver medal from president of pakistan field marshal mohammad ayub khan on their commendable services rendered on the completion of taunsa barrage in march 3rd, 1959. Taunsa barrage a large reservoir on the indus river, constructed for irrigation purposes. The barrage enables water to flow through what was originally a network of canals 6,166 miles 9,923 km long, feeding the largest irrigation system in the world, with more than 5 million acres 20,000 km. Economic growth by punjab tourism hence, every year a major percentage of gdp raises from punjab. Head taunsa barrage is a barrage on the indus river near the city of kot addu at taunsa shareef. It is located among the sheikh badin hills, which is an eastern extension of the sulaiman mountains. Informations about pakistan dams and barrages find jobs in. Diversity and distribution of fish fauna of indus river at taunsa.
The indus river forms one of the worlds greatest, oldest and longest river systems. Sukkur barrage project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Taunsa barrage and flood excaerbation pakistan defence. Visit taunsa barrage which is a barrage on the indus river in one day tour offered by suchi travels. Synopsis taunsa barrage soon after its construction in 1958 ran into multiple problems and some routine and extensive repairs were executed during 195962 but problems were not solved. It is situated 20 kilometres 12 miles southeast of taunsa sharif and 16 kilometres 9. Threatened birds of asia barua and sharma 1999, 23 pairs on a river island on the south side of the brahmaputra, march 1998 and april 1999 k.
Arising at its source in northwestern tibet at 5,100 m elevation, the indus river runs the length of 3,180 km from north to its entrance into the arabian sea searle and owen, 1999 to make most important life sustaining river system of pakistan ahmad, 1999. A few minutes later a large patch of oil rose to the surface and spread out astern of them. Minimum water escapage needs downstream kotri barrage to check sea water intrusion and environmental concerns report of international panel of experts. Topic link canals and their salient features barrages in pakistan dams. Sukkur barrage is used to control water flow in the river indus for the purposes of irrigation and flood control. This document dated february 2017 is provided for the adb project 49038001 in pakistan. It is the large reservoir created by the taunsa barrage on theindusriver. Dhubri dhuburi district, listed by datta 1995, possibly hypothetically or on the basis of historical records from neighbouring. Diversity and distribution of fish fauna of indus river at taunsa barrage in punjab, pakistan. Zulfiqar ali chaudary department of civil engineering, engineering university, lahore, pakistan muhammad kaleem sarwar centre of excellence in water resources engineering, engineering university, lahore, pakistan. Best places to visit in punjab tourist attraction of punjab.
Chashmajhelum link canal, chashma right bank canal near chashma barrage. The town has important sufi shrines, the most notable is that of muhammad suleman taunsvi. Feb 02, 2015 indus river canals contd ghazi barotha canal, large canal from indus river originates near tarbela, supplies water to kamra base and falls back again into indus river. Similar damages were reported and subsequently got repaired in years 1962, 1986, 1994, 1998 and 2003. Following are imporatant canals from river indus for nwfp. Thar desert is irrigated by canals of indus river that come out from jinnah barrage. Barrage has about half vocal cuts and half instrumental excursions. The three largest barrages in pakistan are the chashma barrage, guddu barrage and sukkur barrage. One day taunsa barrage tour taunsa barrage vacation packages. Ghazi textile mills is another attempt to establish a heavy industrial complex in order to raise the economic base of the town. Authenticated history of the district begins by about 493 ce, when the raja.
Apart from these there are 16 barrages in rest of the country. Dera ghazi khans developmental work also interrupted due to the lack of transportation and communication facilities during the 1947 to 1958, as this town was almost cut off from other parts of country due to the non availability of bridges on indus river later a boat bridge was built which linked this town with its origin province and other country this bridge and the taunsa barrage in 1953 also helped this town to establish industrial units. A 120 megawatt power generation project is being installed on the taunsa barrage with the help of the chinese and punjab government. Zulfiqar ali chaudary department of civil engineering, university of engineering and technology, g. Khan are irrigated by a link canal from chashma barrage, taunsa barrage and guddu barrage also have canals which irrigate vast areas. Like mushtaq gaadi, he believes that the flawed rehabilitation of taunsa barrage in 2007, for which he says 11 billion rupees were borrowed from the world bank, contributed to the devastation of.
Finitedifference numerical simulation of dewatering system in a large deep foundation pit at taunsa barrage, pakistan. It is a best visiting place and lot of families make trip to this tourist spot. Taunsa barrage project was initially conceived in 1936 and after passing through many vicissitudes was sanctioned in 1953. Sheikh badin national park also spelled sheikh buddin national park is located in dera ismail khan district, khyber pakhtunkhwa. Taunsa barrage is also the location of one of the notable structures on the indus river called taunsa barrage, located several kilometres north of dera ghazi khan city.
Muhammad kaleem sarwar centre of excellence in water resources engineering, university of engineering and technology, g. At sukkur barrage four canals flow from the right bank and three from the left bank of the river indus. Understanding the flood disaster at taunsa barrage international. Evidently a german submarine which had been sunk in the barrage had been encountered.
The minelaying squadron while passing close to the same spot a few days after they had laid the mines had sighted the body of a german sailor floating in the water. Dec 22, 2019 indus river amazing video tour of taunsa barrage. Freight rates for different type of commodities in between stations can be seen here. Taunsa barrage is one of the important diversion structures, built across indus river. Understanding the flood disaster at taunsa barrage. The discharge data 6 hourly for the year 2006 and 2010 at downstream of chashma barrage and upstream of taunsa barrage has been collected from government of punjab, irrigation department. History in subcontinent controlled irrigation began in around 1859. Flood emergency reconstruction and resilience project. Review of technical findings of punjab judicial tribunal report.
Oct 05, 2011 links and further reading about the war in tauranga. Its main tributary, the indus river, originates in tibet in the northern himalayas, snakes th. But we must not overlook the role that engineering structures have played in transforming the present floods into an enormous disaster unparalleled in the history of this region. Planning for the project dates back to the nineteenth century but final plans for the barrage were made in 1919 and it was constructed between 1939 and 1946. The canal system fed by the barrage initially consisted of muzaffargarh and dera ghazi khan khan canals. Sustainability free fulltext finitedifference numerical. Sep 26, 2011 the three largest barrages in pakistan are the chashma barrage, guddu barrage and sukkur barrage. These are amazing places to visit in punjab and one must visit these places once in a lifetime. The study area is an indus river reach from downstream of chashma barrage to upstream of taunsa barrage. During the last 5 years, 72 industrial units were established. Starved of fresh water and no longer able to withstand the encroaching arabian sea, the indus is dying a slow death.
Vegetation includes riverine forest and numerous species of aquatic plants. They said that it was the failure of newly rehabilitated taunsa barrage, paid for with the help of a rs10 billion foreign loan that led to the devastation of muzaffargarh district in punjab. The jinnah barrage is a barrage on the river indus near kalabagh, pakistan. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from. The town of taunsa sharif is the headquarters of the tehsil. Pdf assessment of population trends of birds at taunsa barrage.
It was late september 2018 when i along with some friends travelled from lahore to taunsa barrage to attend the sindh saghar sath indus peoples tribunal organised by sindhu bachao tarla save indus plea, which is a small organisation of local fisherfolk. The flood could not pass taunsa barrage and its left marginal bund lmb. Find this book on abebooks, an amazon company, offers millions of new, used, and outofprint books. If you like foot stomping, hand clapping, good time music with international tastes and textures, then barrage your senses with this amazing cd. Taunsa barrage is one of the most vulnerable diversion structures built across the indus river. Taunsa barrage is a barrage on the river indus in taunsa tehsil of dera ghazi khan district, punjab province of pakistan. Google scholar government of pakistan, ministry of environment. Made of rubberized cotton and as large as 70,000 cubic feet when filled with hydrogen, the balloons could withstand being tethered in strong winds. Ghazi barotha hydroelectric project is located around 100 km from islamabad. The barrage experienced ripping of downstream floor and damages to impactfriction blocks in 1959, just after one year of its completion. Taunsa barrage wildlife sanctuary was studied to be the reference site, where. Effects of erosion on indus river biodiversity in pakistan. Chashmajhellum chashmajhellum link transfers water from chashma barrage on.
The rules and regulation for maintenance and working of taunsa barrage in 1979, noted that, maximum discharge for which the barrage is designed is 10,00,000 cusec, but it can take and pass a superflood of 12,60,000 cusec safely pid, 2007. Taunsa barrage on river indus was completed in 1953 and the pace of development gained momentum. Oct 01, 2017 diffrence bw headwork and barrage barrage barrage is made in similar way but main difference is that barrage is designed in such a way so that it could increase the water level and serve as a storage electricity can be produced at a barrage after construction of hydro power plants but could not be at a head work 8. Kot addu chand khan tv this is an amazing video tour of head taunsa barrage with. Just listening to it makes me imagine choreographed fiddlers happily dancing and swinging. Similarly vast areas of kpk are also irrigated by indus river canals. Pdf resilience to climate change at taunsa barrage. Foreword the indus basin river system drains one of the largest river basins in asia.
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