5/5 MAHAR MUHAMMAD I. 3 years ago on Google
Sukkur
Barrage
is
used
to
control
water
flow
in
the River
Indus for
the
purposes
of
irrigation
and
flood
control.
This
barrage
which
is
the
backbone
of
the
economy
of
the
entire
country
enables
water
to
flow
through
what
was
originally
a
network
of
seven
canals
6,166
miles
(9,923 km)
long,
feeding
the
largest irrigation system
in
the
world,
with
more
than
7.63
million
acres
of
irrigated
land
which
forms
approximately
25%
of
total
canal
irrigated
area
of
the
country.
Lloyd
Barrage
museum
is
not
really
a
tourist
spot
because
except
photo
gallery
nothing
is
worthy
to
see.
There
are
three
rooms
of
Lloyd
Barrage
museum,
one
contain
models
of
old
machines,
second
room
contain
models
of
Barrage
and
third
room
contain
photos
which
were
taken
during
the
construction
period.
I
was
shocked
to
know
that
for
entrance
in
museum
you
must
have
someone
from
Irrigation
department
sindh
which
is
very
weird.
Just
for
the
getting
to
know
the
history
of
the
barrage
a
bit,
the
place
was
ok.
It
has
a
small
picture
gallery
showing
some
of
the
construction
phases
of
barrage
and
adjacent
library
is
also
which
was
closed
at
the
time
we
visited.
The
other
room
has
few
models
and
replicas
of
barrage
and
samples
of
sand
and
river
bed.
The
place
could
do
better
if
it
had
a
tour
guide.
