Renala Khurd Hydropower Plant


Renala Khurd Hydropower Plant (RKHPP) is a small, low-head, run-of-the-river hydroelectric generation station with a 1.1 megawatts (1,500 hp) capacity, located at Renala Khurd, Okara District, North-East of Punjab province of Pakistan, on the flows of Lower Bari Doab Canal. It is located about 116 kilometres (72 mi) away from Lahore and 18 kilometres (11 mi) away from the district capital Okara city towards south-west of Lahore on national highway (GT Road) and on Lahore-Karachi main railway line. Having five turbine units, each rated for 22 kW (30 hp) production capacity, this plant was set up to meet the electricity needs of the Mitchells Fruit Farms and Food Processing unit etc.[1]
It is situated on Canal Lower Bari Doab at Renala Khurd, Punjab, Pakistan. Sir Ganga Ram (1851–1927), a civil engineer and leading philanthropist of his time, established Renala Hydral Power Station in 1925, Pakistan's (Indian subcontinent's) first hydropower station.[2] Sir Ganga Ram, engineer and philanthropist, born in 1851 in Mangtanwala, a small village of Punjab province in British India, now in Punjab, Pakistan, were leading philanthropist and agriculturist of his time and established the Renala hydropower station in Renala Khurd, Punjab, in 1925.[3]  


These Are Some Photographs of English Commemorative Stones And Exterior And Interior Of Ganga Power Station Built By The Son Of Punjab Honourable Sir Ganga Ram Located On Baloki- Sulemanki Link Canal At Renala Khurd, Okara, Punjab, Pakistan. Ganga Power Station Was Opened By His Excellency Sir William Malcolm Hailey B.A., K.C.S.I., C.I.E.,  I.C.S, The Then Governor Of The Punjab Province on 22nd March 1925 A.D. Mr. W. P. Sancster ESQ, I.C.S Was Chief Engineer, Mr. J. Ashford Esq:, O. B. E Was Consulting Engineer And Mr. E. S. Crump Esq:, Was Executive Engineer Of Ganga Power Station Renala Khurd. Another Commemorative Stone Read As:
' He Won Like a Hero And Spent Like A Saint' Renala Khurd Postal Code 56130


' This Bust Of The Late Sir Ganga Ram KT, C. I. E., M. V. O., M. I. C. E.,  M. I. M. E., Has Been Erected By The Staff of Renala Hydroelectric Power Scheme As A Token of Love And Respect For Their Master.'
The Capacity of Power Channel Of Ganga Power Station is 3000 CUSEC And Total Number of Generating Units Working Here Are Five. The Capacity of Each Unit is 0.22 MW And Number of Outgoing Feeders Are Two. The Type of Turbine Working Here Is Francis. 
Now Ganga Power Station Is Named as Relala Hydel  Power Station Renala Khurd.

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