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The Ravi River [a] is a transboundary river in South Asia, flowing through northwestern India and eastern Pakistan, and is one of five major rivers of the Punjab region. [ 2 ] Under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960, the waters of the Ravi and two other rivers of the Punjab ( Sutlej and Beas River ) were allocated to India.
The Ravi Riverfront Urban Development Project (RRUDP) is an urban development megaproject in Lahore District, Punjab, Pakistan that runs along the Ravi River in a north-east to south-west direction. [3] It includes the construction of a 41,308-hectare (102,074-acre) planned city and the rehabilitation of the Ravi River into a perennial ...
The Madhopur headwork was added during 1875–1879. It consisted of a 2,700 feet (820 m) long weir across the Ravi river, with the crest varying from 3 feet to 6 feet above the bed of the river. The last 300 feet towards on the left (towards Punjab) held undersluices with 12 openings of 20 feet width and 3–4 feet height.
Punjab historically has been divided into regions based on its various rivers, since the name Punjab is based on its five main rivers. Rachna doab includes all the area between the Chenab and Ravi Rivers, all the way from the Jammu Division till their confluence in Punjab, Pakistan. It lies between 30° 35' and 32° 50' N. and 71° 50' and 75 ...
The upper Indus Basin includes Punjab; the lower Indus Basin begins at the Panjnad River (the confluence of the eastern tributaries of the Indus) and extends south to the coast. Punjab means the "land of five waters": the Indus, Jhelum, Chenab, Ravi, and Sutlej rivers. [2] The Sutlej river, however, is mostly on the Indian side of the border.
Head Balloki or Balloki Headworks is a barrage on the Ravi River in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is 70 KM distant from Lahore. It was built around in 1915 under the British India as part of the 'Triple Canals Project' to feed the Lower Bari Doab Canal. The canal turned in a profit of 24% within ten years (in 1928–29). [1]
The whole city vanished in the flood in 1957-1958. At that time, the population was 3156. [11] On 9 October 1987, a flood once more threatened to destroy New Syedwala, but the new city was 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) away from the river. Although the city remained safe, the flood produced a great panic and disturbance among the peoples of New Syedwala.
The Ranjit Sagar Dam, also known as the Thein Dam, is part of a hydroelectric project constructed by the Punjab Irrigation Department on the Ravi River on the border of Union Territory, Jammu and Kashmir and state Punjab. It is located upstream of the Madhopur Barrage at Madhopur. [3]