Chashma ( ur, چشمہ) is located in
Mianwali District near
Kundian
Kundian ( ur, ), is the 2nd largest city of District Mianwali, tehsil Piplan in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Its population is near 50,000. This is divided into Kundian Katcha & Pacca units with total population of 150,000. Kundian Jn. railw ...
,
Punjab,
Pakistan. It is situated at the left bank of the river
Indus
The Indus ( ) is a transboundary river of Asia and a trans-Himalayan river of South and Central Asia. The river rises in mountain springs northeast of Mount Kailash in Western Tibet, flows northwest through the disputed region of Kashmir, ...
, in close proximity of the Koh-i-Suleiman mountain range. Chashma is famous for the well-known
Chashma Barrage
Chashma Barrage is a barrage on the River Indus in Mianwali District of the Punjab province of Pakistan 304 km NW of Lahore and 56 km downstream of Jinnah Barrage. The contract for Chashma Barrage works was awarded on 10 February 1967 ...
built on the Indus River. Also nearby is the
Chashma Nuclear Power Plant of the
Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission, with two units of 300 megawatt
CHASHNUPP-1 and
CHASHNUPP-2 and two 325 megawatt
CHASHNUPP-3 and
CHASHNUPP-4. It is located close to the kho-i-suleman range
Populated places in Mianwali District
Nuclear history of Pakistan
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