Sukkur Barrage will be closed for 15 days to clean and renovate.

All seven of the Sukkur Barrage’s off-taking canals will be stopped for 15 days, from January 6–20, according to the barrage’s management. In order to clean and renovate the barrage every year, all of its gates have been opened.

According to Aziz Memon, the in-charge of the Sukkur Barrage control room, the barrage’s yearly renovation project would start when the water level in the waterworks drops.

The annual shutdown will have an impact on the citizens’ access to drinking water from canals, according to the barrage official. Water storage has been recommended to the city’s residents and management.

Additionally, the responsible authorities have been asked to set up a backup source of drinking water for the city.

The Sukkur Barrage has sixty-six gates. On January 13, 1932, Lord Wellington, the British Viceroy of India, officially opened the waterworks. In October 1923, Bombay Governor George Lloyd laid the barrage’s foundation stone.

Three of the seven off-taking canals in Sukkur Barrage—the Dadu Canal, the Rice Canal, and the North Western Canal (Kirthar)—are located on the right side of the Indus River, while the remaining four—the Khairpur Feeder West, Rohri Canal, Khairpur Feeder East, and Nara Canal—are located on the left.