e/Sukkur Barrage

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has gloss	eng: The Sukkur barrage is a barrage across the Indus river near the city of Sukkur, Pakistan. It was built during the British Raj from 1923 to 1932 as the Lloyd Barrage to help alleviate famines caused by lack of rain. The barrage enables water to flow through what was originally a 6166 mile long network of canals, feeding the largest irrigation system in the world, with more than 5 million acres (20,000 km²) of irrigated land.
lexicalization	eng: Sukkur barrage
instance of	e/Barrage (tidal)

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geo loc	geographic location 27.683333333333334 68.85
media:img	Sukkur bridge.jpg