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lake is made of marble and is in between two
mountains. It is 1,000 ft long at a height of 95 ft.
Behind this another water reservoir at the same
height was constructed which according to Dr.
O.J. Ojha remained empty for about 184 years.
In the year 1875, being afraid of heavy rainfall,
Maharana Sajjan Singh spent Rs. 2 lakh to fi ll
the two third gap in between the two dams; the
remaining work was completed afterwards (Raju
et al.
2004
). Jaisamand is the world-famous arti-
fi cial lake. Its catchment area is 1,813 km
2
and
gross capacity is 414.60 mcm followed by dead
and live capacity of 118.46 mcm and
296.14 mcm, respectively. Its water is used for
supplying drinking water to Udaipur and also for
irrigation. All these water bodies stand endan-
gered today because of their misuse.
Baovri, Customwali, Ramdas Colony, Dore
Nagar , Goverdhan Vilas, Phoolji, Jethji, Maliwali,
Bhanbagh, Kalanwali, Khilonawali, Delhi Gate
and Maszidiji Baovri.
Underground Water Sources
of Udaipur City
The Udaipur City average water level pre-
monsoon was 11.44 mbgl and post-monsoon was
6.87 mbgl. All the years show a rise in post-
monsoon water table which was less in 2007 in
comparison to other years as shown in Fig.
2.3
.
It becomes clear how rainfall affects the under-
ground water availability. In the years when rain-
fall in two consecutive years had been above mean
average, the underground water level pre-monsoon
and post-monsoon observed a lesser gap which
has been minimized in the year 2011. Although the
post-monsoon water level has fallen down in com-
parison to 2010, water demand has been increas-
ing every year, thus resulting in Udaipur City lying
in an over-exploited zone because of overharvest-
ing of underground water (Swati
2003
).
Baovries of Udaipur City
There are 121 baovries in Udaipur out of which
83 have dried up (Goswami and Mathur
2000
).
Most of these baovries are situated in the Sajjan
Niwas Garden area. Maximum load was recorded
on Sarvaritu vilas Baovri and lowest was on the
Chowk Wali Baovri. The other baovries of
Udaipur are Sagasji Ki Baovri, Tarkari Wali
Baovri, Garden Wali Baovri, Nalaka, Chhatriwali,
Jalijiwali, Maji, Ayurvedic Hospital,
Satyanarayan, Toranwali and Om Prakashji Ki
Water Quality
The water quality of the lakes has a high sodium
and bicarbonate content, which is attributed to
Hydrograph of Udaipur City
1000
0
900
800
5
700
600
10
500
400
15
300
200
20
100
Rainfall
0
25
2001
2007
Pre-monsoon
Post Monsoon
Years
Fig. 2.3
Underground water sources of Udaipur City
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