Sindh Barrage is a proposed project in

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

that will be constructed on 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 between the

Kotri Barrage Kotri Barrage, also known as the Ghulam Muhammad Barrage, is a barrage on the Indus River between Jamshoro and Hyderabad in the Sindh province of Pakistan. The barrage was completed in 1955 and was inaugurated by Ghulam Muhammad. It is used to c ...

and the Indus River outfall into the

Arabian Sea The Arabian Sea ( ar, اَلْبَحرْ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Bahr al-ˁArabī) is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan, Iran and the Gulf of Oman, on the west by the Gulf of Aden, Guardafui Channe ...

. The barrage site is proposed to be located about 30 km upstream the Indus River outfall from the Arabian Sea, 10 km east of Baghan village, 75 km south of Thatta city & 105 km east of

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...

city in the province of Sindh. The plan is to construct a twelve meter high barrage with dykes on both banks in flood plain that would be four to nine metres high. The

reservoir A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation. Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contr ...

in flood plain from the barrage would be 160km upstream to prevent sea intrusion into the Indus River. There will be two

canals Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow un ...

on each side for irrigation and drinking water in the coastal area up to

Dhabeji Dhabeji ( Sindhi: ڌاٻيجي, also known as Dhabeji Station), is a town and union council of Mirpur Sakro tehsil, Thatta District, Pakistan. It was previously in Thatta District, Sindh. References 2.Cambridge History of India, Volume , , , ...

and

Tharparkar Tharparkar (Dhatki/ sd, ٿرپارڪر, ur, ), also known as Thar, is a district in Sindh province in Pakistan headquartered at Mithi. Before Indian independence it was known as the Thar and Parkar district. The district is the largest in Si ...

. The project study will be completed in September 2021 and construction work is expected to start in January, 2022 and will finish December, 2024 and will cost about 125 billion Pakistani Rupees or about 750 million US Dollars. The barrage will irrigate about 55,000 acres of land that has been lost due to

desertification Desertification is a type of land degradation in drylands in which biological productivity is lost due to natural processes or induced by human activities whereby fertile areas become increasingly arid. It is the spread of arid areas caused ...

and high

soil salinity Soil salinity is the salt (chemistry), salt content in the soil; the process of increasing the salt content is known as salinization. Salts occur naturally within soils and water. Salination can be caused by natural processes such as mineral wea ...

. The barrage will also bring farming and agriculture production back to these desolated areas and help facilitate the diminishing maritime flora and fauna.

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WAPDA: Sindh barrage project status
Dams in Sindh Tidal barrages Irrigation projects Irrigation in Pakistan Proposed dams Dams on the Indus River {{Pakistan-dam-stub

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