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Upper Jhelum Canal

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The canal was designed and built by Sir John Benton, a British irrigation engineer, who later became inspector general of irrigation. Work on the canal started in 1913 and was completed in 1916 when the canal became fully operational.
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In the 1960s, the construction of Mangla Dam forced the replacement of the canal's head regulator. On October 24, 2019, the canal was severely damaged by the
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drain through the Upper Jhelum Canal into the Jhelum River at several locations.
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n Pakistan that provides water to 1.8 million acres of farmland.
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closed the canal and rehabilitated it in a couple of weeks..
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irrigation canal i
Jhelum River
Mangla Dam
Mirpur district
Azad Kashmir
Gujrat district
Mandi Bahauddin district
Rasul Barrage
Punjab, Pakistan
Chenab River
nullahs
2019 Kashmir earthquake
Punjab Irrigation Department
"Jhelum River"
River Jehlum
"Upper Jhelum Canal, No Small Wonder"
"CM inaugurates release of water from upper Jhelum canal"
15 dead as van plunges into Upper Jhelum Canal

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