Rasul Barrage is a barrage on the River Jehlum between Jhelum District and Mandi Bahauddin District of the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is situated 72 km downstream of Mangla Dam.

New Barrage and old barrage

The current structure of the barrage was constructed in 1968 and the old barrage (built by the British) has been dismantled. The Punjab Irrigation Department's Sargodha Zone is responsible for the operation of this barrage. Rasul Barrage is used to control water flow in the

River Jhelum A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

for irrigation and flood control purposes. Rasul Barrage at River Jhelum

Rasul Barrage has a discharge capacity of 24070 cubic meter per second. Water is diverted from this point to

Chenab River The Chenab River () is a major river that flows in India and Pakistan, and is one of the 5 major rivers of the Punjab region. It is formed by the union of two headwaters, Chandra and Bhaga, which rise in the upper Himalayas in the Lahaul regi ...

at Qadirabad through Rasul-Qadirabad link canal, then ultimately transferred to Sulemanki Barrage on the Sutlej River. Rasul-Qadirabad link canal has the second largest water discharge capacity after Chashma-Jhelum link canal. It has 538-m³/s discharge capacity while Chashma-Jhelum link canal has 615-m³/s capacity. Lower Jhelum Canal, with a discharge capacity of 5280 cusecs also emanates from river Jhelum at this barrage. This canal has culturable command area of 1.45 million acres and irrigates the districts of Mandi Bahauddin and Sargodha.

Rasul Hydel Power Station

A small hydropower plant of 22 MW (two units of 11 MW each) generation capacity was also put into operation on Upper Jhelum Canal at Rasul,

Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...

in December 1952 with average annual yield of 63 units (GWh).http://pecongress.org.pk/images/upload/books/12-Mazhar%20Hussain.pdf

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Irrigation in Pakistan Locks (water navigation) Mandi Bahauddin District Dams completed in 1968 Dams on the Jhelum River Dams in Pakistan {{Asia-dam-stub

New Barrage and old barrage

Rasul Hydel Power Station

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