Khanki Headworks
Khanki Headworks: Is a headworks situated on the River Chenab in Gujranwala District of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It was constructed in 1889 and was 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. The old "Head Khanki Barrage Old Head Khanki built-in 1892 on the Chenab River by the British to convert 3 million acres of barren land into cotton and wheat fields . The barrage was built 16-km downstream of Alexandra Railway Bridge with stone and rubble masonry with a maximum capacity of 800,000 cusecs. The Lower Chenab Canal originates from the Barrage carrying about 11,600 cusecs of water. The weir originally was a shuttered type weir comprising 8 spans of 500 ft each and was the first