title: Pakpattan Canal
text: # Pakpattan Canal
  
  Pakpattan Canal is an irrigation canal in central Punjab, Pakistan. The canal is extracted from Sulemanki Headworks.
  
  The canal is named after Pakistani city of Pakpattan.
  
  ## Salient Features
  
  Upper Pakpattan Canal
  
  Design discharge : 6594 cusecs ( of taking from Suleimanki Headworks)
  
  Lower Pakpattan Canal
  
  Design Discharge : 1585 cusecs (of taking from SMB Link)
  
  ## Administrative Setup
  
  Pakpattan Canal is administrated by
  
  * Multan Irrigation Zone- Multan
  * Nili Bar Circle- Sahiwal
  * Suleimanki Division-Suleimanki
  * Eastern Bar Division-Pakpattan
  * Western Bar Division- Thingi
  
  ## Tributary Canals
  
  Length of canal is measured in canal miles. Pakpattan Canal has 66 branch canals, 691 distributaries and 440 minors and sub-minors.
  
  ## Power Plant setup
  
  There is a plan to set a power plant on this canal which will provide 2.82 MW. 14 km transmission will cost 82 million PKRs. The electricity will be provided to MEPCO via 132 kv Pakpattan power station.
  
  