Ram Nadi

Photos mostly taken in Jan 2007, on a bike trip-cum-walk with Titus and Zigisha

Sanskriti

Approximate Origin Khatpewadi

Click the link below to see the approximate location of this field on wikimapia http://wikimapia.org/#lat=18.4803264&lon=73.715837&z=18&l=0&m=s&v=9

The small watershed of the Ram Nadi lies between the watersheds of the Mula to the north

and the Mutha to the south

Khatpewadi

Tur-bajara and pasture up on the watershed

The little boy’s toy gaadi

Percolation Tank on the Ram Nadi at or near Bhukum, downstream of Khatpewadi but upstream of Bhugaon

Journey upto Manas

Khatpewadi

Percolation Tank

Manas Reservoir

Manas Reservoir, Bhugaon

Downstream of Manas Reservoir

Rice processing downstream of Manas Reservoir, Bhugaon

Bhugaon

Bhugaon

Ram Nadi just upstream of Pune

Manas Reservoir

Road to Pirangut from Chandni Chowk

crosses over Ram Nadi here

Next few pictures are

from this stretch

Upstream of Bavdhan, off Pirangut Rd

Water Quality just upstream of Bavdhan

Haldu

Crab hole Sailor Butterfly

Umbar and Bauhinia

Riverside restaurant

off Pirangut Road

Water quality downstream of restaurant

Mumbai-Bangalore crosses over Ram Nadi at this point, and Ram Nadi enters Pune

Manas Reservoir

Road to Pirangut from Chandni Chowk

crosses over Ram Nadi here

Pashan Lake

Ashish and Anchal record information for the annual waterfowl and wetlands bird census at Pashan Lake. The reservoir was created by

damming the Ram Nadi in the late 1800s by the British to supply water to the Governor’s residence (which now houses the University of Pune)

The riverbed just below Pashan Dam

Pashan Water Treatment Plant

Bridge to Sutarwadi

Duckweed

Eutrophication Downstream of Pashan Dam

Sewage Pipes Draining into Ram Nadi Below Pashan Dam

Ram Nadi near the

bridge throughPashan Gaon

Green belt along Ram Nadi through Pashan Gaon

Garden on the banks in Pashan

Pashan gaon

Pashan-Sus Road

Pashan Lake

Ramphal and guava orchard

A village within a city ... Ramnadi bank on the Baner-Pashan linking road side

Ram Nadi at Someshwarwadi

Someshwarwadi

Someshwarwadi Temple

A little upstream of Baner Road

Ram Nadi revival efforts by Clean Earth Movement (Feb 2009), event at turn off on to Linking Road

from Baner Road, near Staples

Sangam of Ram Nadi - Mula