Sidhnai Wier Bridge Construction Tramway

Note - we have named this the Sidhnai Wier to agree with the description in Government of Punjab Report cited below :-

Sidhnai Barrage - commissioned in 1967. This is an extract from the 'Flood Fighting Plan 2011

The meaning of the word 'Sidhnai' is Straight River. A stretch of eight miles of River Ravi at Sidhnai is nearly straight and does not meander. It is thought that is could be an artificial channel excavated in the distant past to prevent flooding in the Multan area.Before construction of the new Barrage, an old weir existed about six miles D/s(down stream) of the Barrage. The weir known as Sidhnai Weir could only pass some 100,000 Cs of water as its maximum capacity. A new Barrage was designed to pass a maximum peak discharge of 150,000 Cs located about 31000 Ft U/S of the old weir. D/S straight reach was excavated and widened to increase the capacity from 100,000 Cs to 150,000 Cs. The existing road bridge on Multan Shorkot road and Railway Bridge were re-constructed and the existing weir was dismantled. The object of new Sidhnai Barrage is to receive water from Chenab and Jhelum rivers from Trimmu for feeding Sidhnai and Sidhnai-Mailsi-Bahawal Canals.

Sidhnai Wier Bridge Construction Tramway
This weir was rebuilt in the mid 1930's and as part of this project a bridge was built over the Ravi River on the road that connected Jhang and Khanewal. A metre gauge(MG) hand worked Tramway was used to move concrete beams for the bridge from the casting site. This line was 1000 feet(300 metres) long. Six men in an eight-hour shift could transport six beams .