Pond rejuvenation in Palwal

Palwal's ponds in numbers

• The 1st Census of Water Bodies counted 1,218 water bodies in Palwal district, 1,217 of them ponds. 683 were not in use and 1 were encroached. See them on the ponds page for Palwal.
• The Haryana Water Resources Atlas 2025 maps 1,288 ponds covering 4,650 acres from satellite data, and counts 66,323 irrigation tubewells in the district.
• The Central Ground Water Board puts Palwal's groundwater use at 92% of what can safely be taken out each year (2025), which it rates critical. See the groundwater page for Palwal.
• CGWB's pre-monsoon readings put water at 5–10 m below ground in most of its 12 monitoring wells in Palwal district, from 1.8 m in the shallowest to 18.55 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.
• Palwal gets about 737 mm of rain in an average year (2006–2025), 82% of it from June to September. See the rainfall page.

What Palwal's ponds need

Palwal's ponds are big, so earthwork is most of the cost. Silt from these ponds is fertile and farmers in Hodal, Hathin and Hassanpur usually take it for their fields, which brings the price down.

With so many tubewells drawing on the same aquifer, the water table has started to fall, though most wells still read under 10 m. Desilting the bed and cleaning the inlets is usually enough here; deep recharge shafts are rarely needed.

How we rejuvenate a pond in Palwal

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

   Plan where the silt goes

   Before digging starts, we agree with the panchayat and farmers which fields take the silt, since carting is the biggest cost on a large pond.

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 Palwal

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 Palwal

• 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 Council of Palwal for ponds inside the town.
• CSR: pond revival is a Schedule VII activity for companies. See CSR water conservation projects.

Where we work

All of Palwal district: Palwal, Hodal, Hathin, Hassanpur, Prithla and the villages around them. We also work in Faridabad and Nuh.

Frequently asked questions