Pakpattan Canal is an irrigation canal in central Punjab, Pakistan. The canal is extracted from Sulemanki Headworks.[1]
Salient Features edit
Upper Pakpattan Canal
Design discharge : 6594 cusecs ( of taking from Suleimanki Headworks)
Lower Pakpattan Canal
Design Discharge : 1585 cusecs (of taking from SMB Link)
Administrative Setup edit
Pakpattan Canal is administrated by
Tributary Canals edit
Length of canal is measured in canal miles. Pakpattan Canal has 66 branch canals, 691 distributaries and 440 minors and sub-minors.
Power Plant setup edit
There is a plan to set a power plant on this canal which will provide 2.82 MW. 14 km transmission will cost 82 million PKRs. The electricity will be provided to MEPCO via 132 kv Pakpattan power station.[2]
References edit
- ^ "PIAIP6 - PAKPATTAN CANAL AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM". www.piaip6.com. Retrieved 10 May 2017.
- ^ "2.82 megawatt power plant to be set on Pakpattan Canal". Retrieved 5 September 2017.