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populated areas of the old city lying around this
lake. The lake is extended towards the north and
south forming smaller lakes, viz. Doodh Talai
and Swaroop Sagar, as shown in map 2 which
gives a detailed picture of the lakes of Udaipur
(Sujas
2010
).
Lakhawali
It is located at a distance of 10 km from the centre
of the basin in the north direction. It ranks fi fth
from the point of view of capacity, yield water
level, catchment area and command area of the
six lakes of the region. Its nearby terrain provides
no scope for bed cultivation area. The lake is
comprised of a good canal system spread over a
length of 7.5 km of irrigation about 1,012.50 km
2
of land per year. The water of this lake is also
used for domestic purposes.
Swaroop Sagar
It was constructed during 1845-1850 A.D. Its
intermediate position has sluice gates and canal
to feed water to Fateh Sagar Lake which is
towards the north and linked with Pichhola
through Rang Sagar Lake in the south.
Goverdhan Vilas
It is the smallest water reservoir of all the major
lakes of the basin lying in the south. The length
of the canals of this lake is also meagre extending
over an area of only 3,750 m.
Rang Sagar
It has an average depth of 7 m, but its width is
about 245 m, whereas its westward extension is
known as Kalaliya tank.
Udai Sagar
It is one of the largest lakes of the Udaipur basin
constructed by Maharana Udai Singh in 1559 A.D.
and named after him; this lake is situated in the far
south-east of this basin. The lake was formed after
damming river Ahar, particularly for the strategic
and water source point of view.
Fateh Sagar
It is situated in the northwestern part of the city
and almost in the central west of the basin cov-
ering an area of 12.88 km
2
. It has a pear-like
shape, covering about 4 km
2
areas and gross,
live and dead capacity of 12.0 mcm, 7.00 mcm,
and 5.09 mcm, respectively. Nearly 20.71 km
2
of its catchment area yields annually 71.87 mcft
of water, evidently lower than that of Pichhola.
The daily drawl of water for domestic purposes
has been recorded as 30 lakh litres in 2004
which was 0.00 in 2008, that is, no water was
taken from Fateh Sagar for supply for domestic
purpose which serves about 40 % of the popula-
tion residing in the northern and western part of
Udaipur City.
Vallabh Nagar
Vallabh nagar is in Udaipur, on river Berach. The
total catchment area is 1,188 km
2
. Its gross, dead
and live capacity is 31.14 mcm, 3.54 mcm and
27.60 mcm, respectively. Its full tank level is
492.71 mcm. Its water is used for irrigation as
well as for drinking purpose (Sujas
2010
).
Badgaon
Badgaon is in Udaipur, on river Berach. Its
catchment area is 1,698.3 km
2
. Its gross capac-
ity is 31.50 mcm, with its dead and live capacity
of 1.34 mcm and 30.16 mcm, respectively. Its
water is used for irrigation as well as for drinking
purpose.
Bari
Bari ka talab or Lake Bari is lying 10 km away
towards the west from Udaipur City. This lake
was constructed by Maharaja Raj Singh in
1643 A.D. for recreation purpose. The lake is
formed by damming the river Ubheswar coming
from the west. The total length of the canal is
measured as 3,300 m which is constructed for
supplying water to the nearby areas, namely, Bari,
Liyo ka Guda, Hawala Khurd and Dewali vil-
lages. The full gauge of the lake is 9.76 m. Almost
no supply of water is rendered from this lake.
Jaisamand
Also known as Dhebar, Jaisamand is located
51.48 km south-east of Udaipur. It was made by
Maharaja Raj Singh in 4 years from 1687 to
1691. It is more than 14.48 km long, and its
breadth is more than 9.65 km. The dam on this
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