Rasul Barrageis
abarrageon
theRiver
JehluminMandi
Bahauddin Districtof
thePunjabprovince
ofPakistan.
It is situated 72 km downstream of
Mangla Dam.
Rasul Barrage is used to control water flow in theRiver
Jhelumfor
irrigation and flood control purposes. Rasul Barrage was constructed
in 1968 and has a discharge capacity of 24070 cubic meter per
second.[1]Water
is diverted from this point to
Chenab Riverat
Qadirabad through Rasul-Qadirabad link canal, then ultimately
transferred to Sulemanki Barrage on theSutlej
River.
Rasul-Qadirabad link canal has the second largest water discharge
capacity after Chashma-Jhelum link canal. It has 538-m³/s discharge
capacity while Chashma-Jhelum link canal has 615-m³/s capacity.
The
Goernment College of Technology, Rasul abbreviated to GCT Rasul) was
established in 1873 in Oriental College Lahore under the Punjab
University by inducting only Surveyor class. In 1885, this class was
shifted to Mayo School of Arts (Now N.C.A.) Lahore. In 1906 School of Engineering was established
in the same Campus. When it was realized that the space for
Practical Training is not sufficient there, It was shifted to its
present Campus at Rasul Distt. M.B.Din. Up to 1962, the Institute
was functioning under the control of PWD. In 1962 the Institute was
placed under Technical Education Department and a 3 year diploma in
Civil Technology was introduced. At that time the Institute was
named as Govt. School of Engineering. In 1972 it was upgraded as
College of Technology. Since 1999 The Institute has been functioning
under TEVTA. The College has an honor of training about 24000
Technical Manpower for the Country.