Pond rejuvenation in Panipat

Panipat's ponds in numbers

• The 1st Census of Water Bodies counted 574 water bodies in Panipat district, 571 of them ponds. 308 were not in use. See them on the ponds page for Panipat.
• The Haryana Water Resources Atlas 2025 maps 1,035 ponds covering 2,310 acres from satellite data, and counts 35,483 irrigation tubewells in the district.
• The Central Ground Water Board puts Panipat's groundwater use at 218% of what can safely be taken out each year (2025), which it rates over-exploited. See the groundwater page for Panipat.
• CGWB's pre-monsoon readings put water at 10–20 m below ground in most of its 11 monitoring wells in Panipat district, from 3.71 m in the shallowest to 36.08 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, 14 of 53 samples over the limit for fluoride. See the water quality page.
• Panipat gets about 843 mm of rain in an average year (2006–2025), 81% of it from June to September. See the rainfall page.

What Panipat's ponds need

Most of the district's ponds are in its farming villages, around Israna, Bapoli, Madlauda, Samalkha and Sanauli. Many have lost their inlets to roads and field levelling, and their beds are sealed with silt. Desilting with recharge shafts in the bed turns them back into recharge points.

Near the city and its industrial areas, some drains carry effluent from dyeing and processing units. We test the water and silt of any pond fed by such a drain before deciding what goes back into the ground.

How we rejuvenate a pond in Panipat

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

   Test the water and silt

   Water and silt from ponds near drains or industrial areas are tested before any design, so effluent is kept out of recharge shafts and contaminated silt is not spread on fields.

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 Panipat

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 Panipat

• 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 Panipat for ponds inside the city.
• CSR: pond revival is a Schedule VII activity for companies. See CSR water conservation projects.
• Textile, refinery and other industrial units, as part of their groundwater recharge conditions.

Where we work

All of Panipat district: the city, Samalkha, Israna, Bapoli, Madlauda, Sanauli and the villages around them. We also work in Sonipat and Karnal.

Frequently asked questions