CONTENTS List of Tables 3 List of Figures 3 List of Photos 4 List of Maps 4 Abbreviations 6 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 7 1 INTRODUCTION 10 1.1 Need of Study 10 1.2 Aim 11 1.3 Objectives 11 1.4 Limitation 11 1.5 Methodology 12 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 13 2.1 Importance of Lakes 13 2.2 Importance of Lake Restoration 13 2.3 Importance of Interlinking of Lakes 13 2.4 Watershed 13 2.5 Importance of drainage line or stream 15 2.6 Case Studies 16 2.6.1 Hussain Sagar Lake, Hyderabad 16 2.6.2 Kankaria Lake, Ahmedabad 18 2.6.3 Vastrapur Lake, Ahmedabad 20 2.6.4 Bhopal Lake, Bhopal 21 2.6.5 Inferences From Case Studies 24 3 INTRODUCTION TO STUDY AREA: AHMEDABAD 25 3.1 Location and Aerial extent 25 3.2 Urban sprawl 26 3.3 Landuse 29 3.4 Climate 32 3.5 Rainfall 32 3.6 Topography 32 3.7 Talavadis in Context of Ahmedabad 33 3.8 Forms of Water Bodies and Reservoirs in Ahmedabad 33 3.9 Interlinking of Lakes of Ahmedabad 35 3.10 Preservation of Water Bodies under JNNURM of Ahmedabad 38 4 OBSERVATION AND ANALYSIS 40 4.1 Classifying Lakes of Ahmedabad 40 4.2 Comparison of Surface Area of Lakes in 1997 and in DP 2011 43 4.2.1 Kankaria Lake 43 4.2.2 Thaltej Lake 44 4.3 Watershed of Ahmedabad 45 4.3.1 Review of Existing Restoration Practices 49 4.3.2 Kankaria Lake 50 4.3.3 Conclusion 58 4.3.4 Watershed of interlinked lakes by AUDA 59 4.3.5 Thaltej Lake 64 4.3.6 Prahladnagar Lake 70 4.3.7 Conclusion 72 5 RECOMMENDATIONS 73 5.1 Areas where TP Schemes have not been formulated 73 5.2 Areas where TP Schemes have been formulated but not Implemented 74 5.2.1 Design of TP Scheme 74 6 CONCLUSION 80 6.1 GUIDELINES 81 REFERENCES 82