The Sukkur Barrage has sixty six Gates. The Sukkur
Barrage (officially referred to as Lloyd Barrage),
constructed beneath the British Raj on the Indus
River, controls one of the largest
irrigation structures within the world. It changed into
designed with the aid of Sir Arnold Musto KCIE, and
constructed below the overall path of
Sir Charlton Harrison, KCIE, as chief
Engineer. Construction of the barrage become
started in 1923 and finished in January
1932. The five,001 toes (1,524 m) lengthy barrage
is manufactured from yellow stone and metal and might
water nearly 10 million acres (40,000 km2)
of farmland thru its seven huge canals.
Some of the canals are large than the
Suez Canal.