Our Ghanewadi

Jalna’s Goddess Ganga

Location.

Located in North of Jalna City about 8 Km on Kundlika River. Water flows from Ghanewadi to Jalna by Gravity.

GhanewadiAltitude 502 mt above Mean Sea Level

History of Ghanewadi• Constructed in early 1930 , completed in 1935.

• Construction was initiated by then Nizam of Hyderabad State

• Mr. Bezonji Faridoonji Jalnawalla took the contract of building the Ghanewadi lake and spent rupees two lakhs from his own pockets so that people of Jalna could have enough water for the city.

Specifications Of Dam• Build on Kundlika River.• Dam Height 15 Mt. ( 49 ft ).• Dam Length 836 Mt ( 2743 ft ).• Gross Capacity when built 14440000 Mt3 • Purpose Drinking Water Supply.

Muncipal Muncipal Corporation Corporation Use to draw Use to draw

4 mld of water from 4 mld of water from GhanewadiGhanewadi

Water Supply to Jalna.• 4 mld of water comes to filter bed.

• 1960s there use to be water supply twice a day.

• 1970s Water Supply once a day.

1980s Water Supply Once a day.

1990s Water Supply Alternate Day.

2000s Water Supply Once a Week.

• Now Water Supply Once a Month.

Neglected & Forgotten.• Every one took water flowing from Ghanewadi Granted.

• No up keeping of Dam Done by JMC

• No De-silting from 1935 to 2010 ……… 75 Years.

Water supply once in a week or twois matter of routine

Ghanewadi Jal-Sanrakshan Munch

2010 SummerInitative by Shri. Rameshbhai Patel.

Ghanewadi Jal-Sanrakshan Munch

2010 Summer

First Year 2010• 4 JCB , 2 Pocklain , 25 Tippers & 16 TractorPut to service.

• 45,000 Tractor of Silt Removed.

• 135,000 M3 storage capacity reclaimed.

Rs. 25 Lac Deployed by Munch&

Rs. 25.0 Lac spent by Farmers

First Year 2010• Participation from Society

First Year 2010• Participation from Society

Second Year 2011• 40,000 Tractors Removed.• 22.0 Lac Spent by Munch @ same spent by Farmers.• 120,000 M3 Capacity reclaimed.

No Assistance Received fromGovernment

Third Year 2012• 36,000 Tractors Removed.• 20.0 Lac Spent by Munch @ same spent by Farmers.• 108,000 M3 Capacity reclaimed.

No Assistance Received fromGovernment

Ghanewadi Jal-Sanrakshan Munch

Why Remove Silt ?

Total Water Storage Capacity of Ghanewadi ( As Constructed )14,440,000,000 Liters.

Jalna Municipal Corporation gets 4.0 mld water per day ( 4,000,000 Liters Per Day ).

In a Year JMC gets 365 x 4,000,000 = 1,460,000,000 Liter Water from Ghanewadi.

Evaporation Losses + Seepage in Soil + Loss Due to Gal formation + Theft = 14,440,000,000 - 1,460,000,000 = 12,980,000,000 liter. ( 89% )

We are using only 11 % of Ghanewadi Water.

Ghanewadi Jal-Sanrakshan Munch

Why Remove Silt ?

Ghanewadi Jal-Sanrakshan Munch

Why Remove Silt ?

Save Electric Bill

Forth Year 2013

Work Started on 8 th March “ International Women’s day

2000 Tractors Removed

Challenge This Year.

• Lifting by Farmers Poor.• Reasons 1) Draught Situation 2) Expectation of Subsidy 3) Work started early……… Still there is time.

• Best Opportunity this year to do Big Work. We have three months in hand.

• We will need @ 60 to 80 Lac for three month.

• Small Farmers needs to be given support.

Future Of Project

We plan to continue the work till we recover lost capacity totally.

It may take next 10 Years if we do not receive support from Govt.

Unfortunately we failed to convince our leaders and administration. We request dignitaries to help us in this.

There are sign of “Change in Attitude of Administration” and may be government will take up this project in big way.

Importance of Project for JALNA

Ghanewadi is Ganga Ma for Jalna

Chak De Ghanewadi