Khanki

Khanki, Wazirabad, Pakistan Phone: Not available

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Head Khanki or the Khanki Headwork is the oldest head work of Pakistan. 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 is considered to be the oldest headworks in Pakistan. Khanki Headworks is used for irrigation and flood control. It is also used to provide water to tributaries such as the Lower Chenab Canal,[1] which originates from Khanki Headworks. Khanki controls water distribution over 3 million acres of agricultural lands by one main distributary.