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Taunsa (Urdu, Balochi, Saraiki: تونٚسہ , Punjabi: تونسا) is a city (formerly a Tehsil of Dera Ghazi Khan, District, in 2022, itself given the status of a District ) in the Punjab province of Pakistan.[2]

Taunsa
City
Taunsa
Taunsa Location in Pakistan
Coordinates: 30°42′20″N 70°39′28″E
Country	Pakistan
Region	Punjab
District	Dera Ghazi Khan
Tehsil	Taunsa
Towns	1
Union councils	13
Elevation	157 m (515 ft)
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	168,450
Time zone	UTC+5 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+6 (PDT)
Post code	32100
Area code	0642

Location

Taunsa Sharif is located on the Karachi-Peshawar Highway, which is also known as Indus Highway. It is approximately 975 kilometres (606 mi) from Karachi, 430 kilometres (270 mi) from Peshawar, and 450 kilometres (280 mi) from Lahore. Taunsa is also the location of one of the headworks on the Indus River called Taunsa Barrage, located 16 kilometres south of Taunsa Sharif city.

Taunsa Barrage

Taunsa is also the location of one of the notable structures on the Indus River called Taunsa Barrage, located several kilometres south of Taunsa city. It was designated a Ramsar site on March 22, 1996. The Taunsa Barrage was completed in 1958, and it has been identified as the barrage with the highest priority for rehabilitation. It requires urgent measures to avoid severe economic and social impacts on the lives of millions of poor farmers through interruption of irrigation on two million acres (8,000 km²) and drinking water in the rural areas of southern Punjab, benefiting several million farmers. In 2003, the World Bank approved a $123 million loan to Pakistan to rehabilitate the Taunsa Barrage on the River Indus whose structure had been damaged owing to soil erosions and old-age. The project was designed to ensure irrigation of the cultivated lands in the area of the Muzaffargarh[3] and Dera Ghazi Khan Tehsil[4] canals, and through the Taunsa-Panjnad Link Canal that supplements the water supply to Panjnad head-works canals.

Taunsa Barrage also serves to provide for a variety of fish, which contributes towards fulfilling the food related needs of area.

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