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Pond rejuvenation in Ghaziabad

Ghaziabad lost its ponds to the city faster than almost any district in the NCR. The census counted over 900, and found more than a third of them encroached, one of the highest shares in Uttar Pradesh. Its groundwater use has also passed what rain puts back. TerraSetu, an engineering and construction firm based in Gurugram, surveys ponds in Ghaziabad, 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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Ghaziabad's ponds in numbers

  • The 1st Census of Water Bodies counted 908 water bodies in Ghaziabad district, 904 of them ponds. 453 were not in use and 387 were encroached. See them on the ponds page for Ghaziabad.
  • The Central Ground Water Board puts Ghaziabad's groundwater use at 124% of what can safely be taken out each year (2025), which it rates over-exploited. See the groundwater page for Ghaziabad.
  • CGWB's 2023 testing found salt above the BIS limit in groundwater samples from the district. See the water quality page.
  • Ghaziabad gets about 884 mm of rain in an average year (2006–2025), 82% of it from June to September. See the rainfall page.

What Ghaziabad's ponds need

Most of the work in Ghaziabad starts with the boundary. A pond's original area is taken from the revenue record, where it is entered as a pond (talab), and the encroached part is marked before any design. Under Uttar Pradesh law and the Supreme Court's judgements on village ponds, that land has to stay a water body.

Ponds in the urban villages around Loni, Muradnagar and the city's newer sectors also take in drains. We separate the wastewater, desilt the bed and add recharge shafts where the water table has fallen.

How we rejuvenate a pond in Ghaziabad

  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. Fix the boundary

    The pond's full area is taken from the revenue map and khatauni, and encroachments are marked on the ground for the tehsil to act on before any design.

  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 Ghaziabad

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 Ghaziabad

  • Gram panchayats, through MGNREGA for earthwork by village labour and Mission Amrit Sarovar, under which Uttar Pradesh built and revived more ponds than any other state.
  • The state's Khet Talab Yojana for farm ponds on private land.
  • The Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation and the Ghaziabad Development Authority for ponds inside the city.
  • CSR: pond revival is a Schedule VII activity for companies. See CSR water conservation projects.

Where we work

All of Ghaziabad district: the city, Loni, Muradnagar, Modinagar and the villages around them. We also work in Delhi and Meerut.

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Frequently asked questions

Who does pond rejuvenation in Ghaziabad?

TerraSetu, a Gurugram engineering and construction firm, does pond rejuvenation in Ghaziabad, 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 Ghaziabad?

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 Ghaziabad?

The 1st Census of Water Bodies counted 904 ponds among 908 water bodies in Ghaziabad district, and 453 water bodies were not in use.

Does reviving a pond help groundwater in Ghaziabad?

Yes. Ghaziabad uses 124% of its safe groundwater each year, so a desilted pond with clean inlets puts back water that would otherwise run off or evaporate.

Who gives permission to revive a pond in Ghaziabad?

Village ponds are gram sabha land recorded in the revenue records. The gram panchayat passes a resolution, the tehsil confirms the boundary and removes encroachment, and the work is taken up through the block. Ponds inside the city fall under the municipal corporation or GDA.

When should pond work in Ghaziabad start?

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

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