Chenab River

Brief information about Chenab River

2. Chenab River


Course Title : Indus Basin Irrigation
Submitted To : Mam Fatima Latif
Submitted By : M. Hannan
Roll Number : 23-BSWM-2018
Semester : Fifth Morning
B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture Water Management

4. The Chenab River is a major river that flows in India and
Pakistan, and is one of the 5 major rivers of the Punjab
region.

It rises in the upper Himalayas in the Lahaul and Spiti district
of Himachal Pradesh state, India, and flows through the
Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir into the plains of
Punjab, Pakistan, before flowing into the Indus River near the
city of Uch Sharif.

The waters of the Chenab were allocated to Pakistan under
the terms of the Indus Waters Treaty.
Introduction

5. The river is formed by the confluence of two rivers,
Chandra and Bhaga, at Tandi, 8 km southwest of
Keylong, in the Lahaul and Spiti district in the Indian
state of Himachal Pradesh.

The Bhaga river originates from Surya taal lake, which
is situated a few kilometers west of the Bara-lacha la
pass in Himachal Pradesh. The Bhaga river transverses
through narrow gorges a distance of 60 km (37 mi)
before the confluence at Tandi.


The Chandra river originates from glaciers east of the
same pass (near Chandra Taal).This pass also acts as a
water-divide between these two rivers.The Chandra
river transverses 115 km (71 mi) before the confluence.

9. The Chenab river was called Asikni in the Rigveda. The
name meant that it was seen to have dark-coloured
waters.

 The term Krishana is also found in the Atharvaveda.

A later form of Askikni was Iskamati and the Greek
form was Ancient Greek: Ἀκεσίνης - Akesínes;
Latinized to Acesines.
Names of Chenab River

10. In the Mahabharata, the common name of the river
was Chandrabhaga because the river is formed from
the confluence of the Chandra and the Bhaga rivers.
This name was also known to the Ancient Greeks,
who Hellenised it in various forms such as
Sandrophagos, Sandabaga and Cantabra.

The simplification of Chandrabhaga to 'Chenab', with
evident Persianate influence, probably occurred in
early medieval times and is witnessed in Alberuni.

11. The river was known to Indians in the Vedic period.

In 325 BC, Alexander the Great allegedly founded the
town of Alexandria on the Indus (present day Uch
Sharif or Mithankot or Chacharan in Pakistan) at the
confluence of the Indus and the combined stream of
Punjab rivers (currently known as the Panjnad River).
History of Chenab River

13. Chenab River at Midnight

14. Chenab, Moon and the Starry Night

15. River Chenab is an important wetland of Punjab province
and the tree plantations around the river are the part of
tropical thorn forest. But as a consequence of
deforestation much of the natural forested areas have
been turned to agricultural land.

River Chenab is an important wetland of Punjab, Pakistan.
Water is becoming polluted due to anthropogenic impact
i.e. industrial waste, urbanization, agriculture
intensification and global warming.

16. Chenab River on Pakistan Map

17. Chenab River and Its surrounding Areas-Pakistan

18. Pakistan has four headworks on the Chenab:

Marala Headworks – located near Sialkot

Khanki Headworks - located in Gujranwala District

Qadarabad Headworks - located in Hafizabad District

Trimmu Barrage - located in Jhang District
Headworks on Chenab River

19. Marala Headworks is a headworks situated on the
Chenab River near the city of Sialkot in Punjab,
Pakistan.

A weir was first built during 1906–1912 in British India
to feed the Upper Chenab Canal, as part of the 'Triple
Canals Project'.

 A new Marala Barrage was constructed in 1968 to
feed the Marala–Ravi Link Canal in addition to the
original Upper Chenab Canal.
Marala Headwork

20. Marala Headwork

23. Khanki Headworks is a headworks situated on the
River Chenab in Gujranwala District of the Punjab
province of Pakistan.

It was constructed in 1889 and was one of the oldest
headworks in Pakistan.

Khanki headworks is also used to divert water to the
Lower Chenab Canal, which originates from Khanki
Headworks
Khanki Headwork

24. Khanki Headwork

26. Qadirabad Headworks is a headworks on the River
Chenab in Mandi Bahauddin District of the Punjab
province of Pakistan.

Qadirabad Headworks is used to control water flow in
the River Chenab for irrigation and flood control
purposes.
Qadirabad Headwork

27. Qadirabad Headwork

29. Trimmu Barrage is a barrage on the River Chenab in
the Jhang District of the Punjab province of Pakistan.

 It is situated downstream of the confluence of the
River Jhelum and River Chenab. It is situated some 25
km from the city of Jhang near the village of Atharan
Hazari where the River Jhelum flows into the River
Chenab.

Trimmu Barrage is used to control water flow into the
River Chenab for irrigation and flood control
purposes.
Trimmu Barrage

30. Trimmu Barrage

32. Sailing in Chenab River

33. As The Sun Sets

34. There are no dams on chenab river in Pakistan.

But in india there are following dams on chenab. The
river has rich power generation potential in India.

Salal Dam - 690 MW hydroelectric power project near
Reasi in India.

Dul Hasti Hydroelectric Plant - 390 MW type power
project in Kishtwar District in India.


Dams

35. Pakal Dul Dam - a proposed dam on a tributary
Marusadar River in Kishtwar District in India.

Ratle Hydroelectric Plant - an under construction
power station near Drabshalla in Kishtwar District in
India.
Kiru Hydroelectric Power Project (624 MW proposed)
located in Kishtwar district

Kwar Hydroelectric Power Project (540 MW
proposed) located in Kishtwar district

40. All of these are "run-of-the-river" projects as per the
Indus Water Treaty of 1960.

The Treaty allocates the Chenab River to Pakistan for
exploitation.

India can use its water for domestic and agricultural
uses or for "non-consumptive" uses such as hydro
power.

India is entitled to store up to 1.2 million acre feet (1.5
billion cubic metres) of water in its projects. The three
projects completed as of 2011 (Salal, Baglihar and Dul
Hasti) have a combined storage capacity of 260
thousand acre feet (320 million cubic metres).

41. A Starry Riverside of Chenab

42. Evening Rowing of Chenab

43. Rowing Boat in Foggy Chenab

44. Foggy Day in Chenab

52. View of Setting Sun of Chenab

53. Thanks for Watching