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Current Conditions of Water Sources[edit]
Current conditions of water are very dreadful as day by day global worming and pollution is increasing due to which the amount of water in the resources are reducing quickly and not generating at the same speed. Here are some of the sources of water Repositories of Ahmedabad.
Sabarmati River[edit]
Sabarmati waterway basin has an aggregate seepage zone of 21,674 sq. km of which 18550 sq. km. The most extreme length of the basin is 300 km and greatest width is 105 km.[1]
The government is additionally confronting criticism for poor water resources administration considering that the state is relying on the Narmada for irrigation needs and about 70% of its drinking water.[2]
Sabarmati is among one of the Gujarat's 20 most contaminated rivers.[3]
Kankaria Lake[edit]
Kankaria Lake is first reservoir Ahmedabad city which was built by Sultan Qutubuddin in the 15th century. It has now been transformed into a recreational center, moving far from its unique motivation behind saving water for requirements of local people.
Faculty of Management of Cept University conducted study into the advancement procedure of the lake in both the historic and modern day settings, and finds misinformed strategies for refilling the lake's water at the base of groundwater exhaustion in Maninagar."AMC in1995 had chosen to utilize the water of Narmada in Kankaria" was stated by Dean of Management.
In any case, AMC began violating its own objectives by beginning to remove groundwater from tube-wells rather than utilizing recycled or rainwater.
The groundwater level was exhausting by 2.5 meter each year, when estimated five years ago and the circumstance hasn't improved.[4]
Vastrapur Lake[edit]
There was a big slum where Vastrapur Lake flows now, with about 400 families staying, almost making the lake invisible.
In 2002, Auda(Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority) decided to remove the slum and develop the lake with a garden around it. The slum dwellers were given firm houses nearby.[5]
Vastrapur lake use to supply water into early 90’s but today due to global warming the water in the lake started to dry slowly and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation(AMC) was also not supplying regular flow of water to Vastrapur Lake.
In 2016 the lake had almost dried and the surface of the lake was seen clearly, also the dead fishes were removed from it.
- ^ "Sabarmati Citation" (PDF).
- ^ "Sabarmati riverfront not to get Narmada water from 2019-end? - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "Polluted rivers: Gujarat ranks 4th - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "Kankaria Lake sucking Maninagar dry: Study - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-04-20.
- ^ "Vastrapur Lake infused life in new Amdavad - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-04-20.