Ghanewadi is an important reservoir located 8 km north of Jalna City that supplies drinking water to the city. (1) Constructed in the 1930s, it had a storage capacity of 1.44 billion liters but due to lack of maintenance, its capacity was reduced by 65%. (2) In 2010, a non-profit group called Ghanewadi Jal-Sanrakshan Munch initiated desilting work to increase the reservoir's capacity. (3) Through 5 years of work removing over 2.19 million tractor-loads of silt, the group has reclaimed over 657 million liters of storage capacity in the reservoir, enough to supply 100 liters

1. Our Ghanewadi

2. Jalna’s Goddess Ganga

3. Location.
Located in North of Jalna City about 8 Km on Kundlika River.
Water flows from Ghanewadi to Jalna by Gravity.
Ghanewadi
Altitude 502 mt
above Mean
Sea Level

4. 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.

5. 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 ( 0.51
TMC ft )
• Purpose Drinking Water Supply.
Municipal Corporation
Use to draw
4 mld of water from
Ghanewadi

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

7. 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.

8. Water supply once in a week or two
is matter of routine

9. Ghanewadi Jal-Sanrakshan Munch
2010 Summer
Initative by Shri. Rameshbhai Patel.

10. Ghanewadi Jal-Sanrakshan Munch
2010 Summer

11. First Year 2010
• 4 JCB , 2 Pocklain , 25 Tippers &
16 Tractor Put 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

12. First Year 2010
Farmers Supported very
well and lifted all the silt
by Spending Rs. 25 Lac.

13. First Year 2010
• Participation from Society

14. First Year 2010
• Participation from Society

15. 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 from
Government

16. 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 from
Government

17. Forth Year 2013
Work Started on 8 th March “ International Women’s day
40000 Tractors Removed

18. Fifth Year 2015
Work Started on 8 th March “ International Women’s day
40000 Tractors Removed

19. Work Till Date
Total Silt Removed: 2,19,000 Tractors
Water Capacity of Dam Increased by : 657 , 000, 000 Liter.
65 Cr. 70 Lac Liter.
This alone can give 100 Lit per day to 2 Lac Population
for 32 days if given daily. .

20. Ghanewadi Jal-Sanrakshan Munch
Why Remove Silt ?
Total Water Storage Capacity of Ghanewadi ( As Constructed )
14,440,000,000 Liters.( 0.51 TMC )
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 + use
by farmers = 14,440,000,000 - 1,460,000,000 = 12,980,000,000 liter. ( 89%
)
Only 11 % of
Capacity is
Used

21. Ghanewadi Jal-Sanrakshan Munch
Why Remove Silt ?
11%
40%
10%
30%
9%
Water Utilization
Evaporation
Loss
Utilized By
Jalna
Seepage
Loss of Capacity by
Siltation

22. Flow by Gravity 24x7 , No Electricity
Save
Electric
Bill

23. Challenge This Year.
• Lifting by Farmers Poor.
• Reasons 1) Draught Situation.
2) Work started early……… Still there is time.
• Best Opportunity this year to do Big Work. We have
three months in hand.
• Small Farmers needs to be given support.

24. Your Support Needed
One Poclain, Five Tipper, Three Tractor.
Daily Gal Removal is 300 Tractor.
Daily Expense is Rs. 30000.
You can donate
•50 Tractor Removal Rs. 5000
•100 Tractory Removal Rs. 10,000
•250 Tractor Removal Rs. 25,000
•500 Tractory Removal Rs. 50,000
•1000 Tractor Removal Rs. 1,00,000

25. Future Of Project
We plan to continue the work till we recover lost
capacity totally.

26. Chak De Ghanewadi