Sumera Hydroelectric Power Plant

It is located at Sumera Dariyapur in Jawan Sikandarpur of Aligarh District, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Jawan Sikandarpur is situated on the Aligarh-Moradabad Highway (Anoopshahar Road) at a distance of 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) from Aligarh.

[1] Most of the early power generating stations,(including Sumera) which were developed when India was a colony of the British, were hydro-electric in nature.

A brief description of the building, location and date was written on a name-plate fixed high on the front elevation.

Therefore, the dams constructed on the Ganges Canal in Jawan Sikandarpur are as follows: (i)Jawan Dam was constructed near the Sumera Hydroelectric Power Plant to use the Ganges Canal as a source of water for generating electricity from the Sumera Hydroelectric Power Plant.

This is a photograph of the Sumera Hydroelectric Power Plant. This is a view of the front side of the main building. This plant was established by the British in India in 1931.
This is a photograph of the Sumera Hydroelectric Power Plant. This is a view of the left side of the main building.
This is a photograph of the Sumera Hydroelectric Power Plant. This is a view of the front side of the main building focussing on the name-plate.