Pond rejuvenation in Nuh (Mewat)

Nuh's ponds in numbers

• The 1st Census of Water Bodies counted 337 water bodies in Nuh district, 337 of them ponds. 238 were not in use. See them on the ponds page for Nuh.
• The Haryana Water Resources Atlas 2025 maps 1,436 ponds covering 3,023 acres from satellite data, and counts 16,108 irrigation tubewells in the district.
• The Central Ground Water Board puts Nuh's groundwater use at 72% of what can safely be taken out each year (2025), which it rates semi-critical. See the groundwater page for Nuh.
• CGWB's pre-monsoon readings put water at 2–5 m below ground in most of its 6 monitoring wells in Nuh district, from 1.28 m in the shallowest to 5.54 m in the deepest. See the water table page.
• CGWB's 2023 testing found salt and fluoride above the BIS limit in groundwater samples from the district. See the water quality page.
• Nuh gets about 675 mm of rain in an average year (2006–2025), 82% of it from June to September. See the rainfall page.

What Nuh's ponds need

Nuh gets less rain than most of the NCR, and most of it falls in July and August. A pond here has to hold that water for months, so depth and a clean inlet matter more than anything else. Silt washing off the Aravalli slopes fills ponds quickly, and a silt trap on every inlet is what keeps the work lasting.

Because the groundwater under much of the district is saline, a pond here is mainly for storage and to keep a layer of fresh water over the salty water below, not only for recharge. The census and the state atlas count Nuh's ponds very differently, so we always start from the pond on the ground and the revenue record.

How we rejuvenate a pond in Nuh

1. 01

   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. 02

   Trap the silt

   Silt traps and stone-lined inlets on every channel coming off the hills, so the pond does not fill with silt again within a few monsoons.

3. 03

   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. 04

   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. 05

   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 Nuh

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.

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 Nuh

• 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.
• CSR: pond revival is a Schedule VII activity for companies. See CSR water conservation projects.
• District programs under the Aspirational Districts scheme, which Nuh is part of.

Where we work

All of Nuh district: Nuh, Taoru, Ferozepur Jhirka, Punhana, Pinangwan, Nagina and the villages around them. We also work in Gurugram, Palwal and Rewari.

Frequently asked questions