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]

Renala Khurd Hydropower Plant
Location of Renala Khurd Hydropower Plant in Pakistan
Official name	Renala Khurd Hydropower Plant
Location	Renala Khurd, Okara District, Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates	30°52′57.70″N 073°35′52.77″E
Status	Operational
Construction began	1920
Opening date	1925
Owner(s)	Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA)
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	run-of-the-river
Impounds	Lower Bari Doab Canal
Renala Khurd Hydroelectric Plant
Coordinates	36°6′55″N 73°55′0″E
Operator(s)	WAPDA
Commission date	1925
Turbines	5 x 22 kW (30 hp)
Installed capacity	1.1 MW (1,500 hp)
Annual generation	3.61 GWh (13.0 TJ)

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]