Head Draftsman Syed Tufail Hussain Shah received Silver Medal from President of Pakistan Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan on commendable services rendered on the completion of Taunsa Barrage on March 3, 1959.

Taunsa Barrage is one of the most vulnerable water diversion projects built on Indus River.

[4] In April 2004, the World Bank approved a $123 million loan to Pakistan to rehabilitate the Taunsa Barrage, whose structure had been damaged owing to soil erosion and old-age.

In 2011, the rehabilitation of the Taunsa Barrage was blamed for devastation of the Muzaffargarh district during the 2010 Pakistan floods.

[5][6] Critics blamed the rehabilitation of the barrage, alleging that it failed to raise its height and strengthen protective embankments, used dysfunctional computer control system of the hoist gates and ignored hill-torrent management.