Marala Headworks

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Marala Headworks
A view of Marala Headworks
Waterway	Chenab River
County	Pakistan
Maintained by	Punjab Irrigation Department
Operation	Hydraulic
First built	1968
Length	1400 meter
Fall	15 feet
Above Sea Level	250 meter

Marala headworks is situated at the Chenab River near Sialkot. It is a massive hydro engineering project and is used to control water flow and flood control in river Chenab. Chenab is a 1086 km long river which originates in the Kulu and Kangra Districts of Himachal Pradesh in India and is fed by the tributaries - Chandra and Bagha as it enters Jammu & Kashmir near Kishtwar. After cutting across the Pir Panjal range, it enters the Sialkot District in Pakistan where the Marala Barrage was built across the river in 1968 with a maximum discharge of 1.1 million ft³/s. Two major water channels originate at the Marala headworks - the Marala-Ravi Link Canal and the Upper Chenab Canal. Proposals are under consideration to build Mangla Marala Link Canal to overcome any shortage of water in future.

Head Marala is also a picnic spot, wildlife sanctuary and unprotected wetland. Many people come here and enjoy the landscape and natural beauty.

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An aerial view of Head Marala	A view of Head Berrage	A view of Chenab River near Head Marala	A view of Head Barrage
A view of Old Resturent at Head Marala	Another view of Barrage	Upper Chenab Canal	Maral Ravi Link Canal
Beech at bank of Chenab River