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Pond rejuvenation · Faridabad

Pond rejuvenation in Faridabad

Faridabad sits between the Aravalli hills and the Yamuna, and its ponds once caught the water running off the ridge. Badkhal Lake, which drew visitors from Delhi for decades, dried up in the 2000s as mining and building cut off its catchment. The state's satellite atlas maps nearly three times as many ponds in the district as the census counted, so many small ponds are not on any official list. TerraSetu, an engineering and construction firm based in Gurugram, surveys ponds in Faridabad, prepares the DPR and BOQ, desilts and deepens them, builds inlets, banks and ghats, keeps sewage out and hands them back to whoever owns them.

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Faridabad's ponds in numbers

  • The 1st Census of Water Bodies counted 265 water bodies in Faridabad district, 263 of them ponds. 7 were not in use. See them on the ponds page for Faridabad.
  • The Haryana Water Resources Atlas 2025 maps 757 ponds covering 1,085 acres from satellite data, and counts 10,260 irrigation tubewells in the district.
  • The Central Ground Water Board puts Faridabad's groundwater use at 175% of what can safely be taken out each year (2025), which it rates over-exploited. See the groundwater page for Faridabad.
  • CGWB's 2023 testing found salt above the BIS limit in groundwater samples from the district. See the water quality page.
  • Faridabad gets about 803 mm of rain in an average year (2006–2025), 82% of it from June to September. See the rainfall page.

What Faridabad's ponds need

On the Aravalli side, around Badkhal, Surajkund, Pali and Anangpur, the problem is the catchment: the channels that once fed ponds from the ridge are blocked by roads, walls and quarry pits. Reviving a pond there starts with tracing and reopening those channels, or the deepest pond will still stay dry.

On the Yamuna side, around Ballabgarh, Tigaon and the villages near the river, ponds fill easily but take in village drains. There the work starts with keeping sewage out.

How we rejuvenate a pond in Faridabad

  1. Records and survey

    We take the pond's boundary from the revenue records, then GPS-survey the bed levels, silt depth, inlets, outlets, encroachments and every drain that enters it.

  2. Reopen the catchment

    We walk the old drainage lines from the ridge to the pond and reopen blocked channels and culverts, so rain from the Aravallis reaches the pond again.

  3. DPR and BOQ

    Storage before and after, catchment and inflow, drawings, an item-wise cost and a schedule that the owner or a CSR committee can approve. Work out the volumes first with the pond volume calculator.

  4. Desilt, deepen and build

    Excavators remove the silt sealing the bed; clean silt goes to farmers' fields. Then silt traps on every inlet, earthen or stone-pitched banks, ghats and steps.

  5. Plant, fence and hand over

    Plantation, fencing and signboards, then handover with as-built drawings and a yearly upkeep plan.

What pond rejuvenation costs in Faridabad

Earthwork is the biggest cost. One acre dug 1 m deeper moves about 4,050 m³ of silt; where farmers nearby take it, carting costs little, and where it must be hauled away, the price rises.

Pond size and workIndicative cost with GST
1 acre, desilt 1 m, inlet silt trap, earthen embankment₹9 lakh to ₹15 lakh
1 acre, desilt 1.5 m, stone pitching on the slopes, one ghat₹20 lakh to ₹31 lakh
3 acres, desilt 1 m, pitching, walkway, wastewater channel₹45 lakh to ₹70 lakh

The same ranges as our pond rejuvenation page, for budgeting. Silt depth, carting distance, sewage diversion and stone pitching move the price most; the survey fixes it.

Who pays for pond work in Faridabad

  • Gram panchayats, through MGNREGA for earthwork by village labour and Mission Amrit Sarovar.
  • The Haryana Pond and Waste Water Management Authority, which runs the state's pond revival and treated wastewater programs.
  • The Municipal Corporation of Faridabad and the Faridabad Metropolitan Development Authority (FMDA) for ponds and lakes inside the city.
  • CSR: pond revival is a Schedule VII activity for companies. See CSR water conservation projects.
  • Industries in Faridabad's industrial areas, as part of their groundwater recharge conditions.

Where we work

All of Faridabad district: the city, Ballabgarh, Tigaon and the villages on the Aravalli and Yamuna sides. We also work in Gurugram, Palwal and Delhi.

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Frequently asked questions

Who does pond rejuvenation in Faridabad?

TerraSetu, a Gurugram engineering and construction firm, does pond rejuvenation in Faridabad, from the survey and DPR to desilting, sewage diversion, stone work and handover, for gram panchayats, CSR teams, civic bodies and campuses.

How much does pond rejuvenation cost in Faridabad?

Most one acre ponds cost ₹9 lakh to ₹31 lakh with GST, depending on silt depth, carting distance and how much stone pitching is needed. A three acre pond with a walkway and a wastewater channel is ₹45 lakh to ₹70 lakh.

How many ponds are there in Faridabad?

The 1st Census of Water Bodies counted 263 ponds among 265 water bodies in Faridabad district, and 7 water bodies were not in use. The Haryana Water Resources Atlas 2025 maps 757 ponds from satellite data.

Does reviving a pond help groundwater in Faridabad?

Yes. Faridabad uses 175% of its safe groundwater each year, so a desilted pond with clean inlets and recharge shafts through the clay to the water table puts back water that would otherwise run off or evaporate.

Who gives permission to revive a pond in Faridabad?

Village ponds are panchayat land, so the gram panchayat passes a resolution and the work is registered with the block and the Haryana Pond Authority. Ponds and lakes inside the city fall under the Municipal Corporation of Faridabad or FMDA. Work near the Aravallis may also need forest clearance where the land is notified.

When should pond work in Faridabad start?

Site work takes 6 to 12 weeks for most one to three acre ponds and has to finish before the monsoon reaches Faridabad, usually in late June. Start the survey and approvals by January.

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