Yearly maintenance: Sukkur Barrage to be shut down

SUKKUR: The water supply from the Sukkur Barrage to Sindh and Balochistan will stop for 15 days from January 6 to January 21. The barrage will also be closed for traffic for a month. It is being shut down from January 6 to January 21 for maintenance and cleaning. According to the control room’s Abdul Aziz, the head works, floor and seven canal gates will be repaired.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 7^th, 2012.