Delhi: Roshanara Garden

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The lake was once a spot visited by migratory birds in the winter months. “It was fed by rainwater and channels from Najafgarh drain, but with change in the slope surfaces of the surrounding area and increased concretisation, it has remained almost dried up for a decade now,” said an official of the horticulture department of the north corporation.
 
The lake was once a spot visited by migratory birds in the winter months. “It was fed by rainwater and channels from Najafgarh drain, but with change in the slope surfaces of the surrounding area and increased concretisation, it has remained almost dried up for a decade now,” said an official of the horticulture department of the north corporation.
 
No meeting on its restoration has actually taken place though NGT directed the corporation on November 2 to formulate the lake’s revival plans with Archaeological Survey of India and Delhi Jal Board. Instead, as one official disclosed, “Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has come up with a solution.”
 
 
Apparently, DMRC has agreed to feed the lake with the groundwater that will surface during Delhi Metro’s new phase of expansion. “DMRC is set to carry out a lot of excavation in the area for its Phase 4 construction,” said the corporation official. “Since the groundwater level is high there, they were considering ways to dispose of the extra water. Roshanara Bagh is in the vicinity.”
 
  
 
The garden has a white marble pavilion built in the memory of the princess, who died in 1671 and is buried there. The Roshanara Club, started by the British in 1922, retains 22 acres of the garden area.
 
The garden has a white marble pavilion built in the memory of the princess, who died in 1671 and is buried there. The Roshanara Club, started by the British in 1922, retains 22 acres of the garden area.
 
The action-plan shared with TOI entails the 5-acre lake bed being covered with geotextile sheets. DMRC will lay pipes from nine locations along the stretch from Pulbangash to Ghantaghar. “The geotextile sheets will prevent excess percolation into the soil,” an official explained. “DMRC has assured us of 18,000 kilo litres per day of water within 12 months from now, so alongside extensive plantation along the periphery, we should be able to create an ecosystem to attract migratory birds.”
 
 
Geotextile-based revival of lake has been carried out by NBCC at Purana Qila, though the method was severely criticised by environmentalists, who observed that concretisation would prevent ground water recharge. But there were counter-arguments that easy percolation would dry up the lake again.
 
 
The Roshanara Bagh also has a raised canal system, which now has dried up. “Once the lake reaches a healthy stage, revival of the canals using this water can be taken up,” the official said.
 
  
 
The garden has a white marble pavilion built in the memory of the princess who died in 1671 and is buried there. The Roshanara Club, started by the British in 1922, retains 22 acres of the garden area
 
The garden has a white marble pavilion built in the memory of the princess who died in 1671 and is buried there. The Roshanara Club, started by the British in 1922, retains 22 acres of the garden area

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The Roshanara Lake

2018: restoration efforts

Paras Singh, Dry for decades, Roshanara lake to get its mojo back, and maybe birds too, December 26, 2018: The Times of India


A lake in a beautiful Mughal garden ambience might not just be a picture painted by medieval miniaturists if the North Delhi Municipal Corporation is able to revive the waterbody in Roshanara Bagh. On the directions of National Green Tribunal, the civic body has finalised the plan for restoring the old lake in the Mughal garden built by Roshanara Begum, the second daughter of Emperor Shah Jahan, at what is now Shakti Nagar near the Kamla Nagar clock tower.

The lake was once a spot visited by migratory birds in the winter months. “It was fed by rainwater and channels from Najafgarh drain, but with change in the slope surfaces of the surrounding area and increased concretisation, it has remained almost dried up for a decade now,” said an official of the horticulture department of the north corporation.

The garden has a white marble pavilion built in the memory of the princess, who died in 1671 and is buried there. The Roshanara Club, started by the British in 1922, retains 22 acres of the garden area.

The garden has a white marble pavilion built in the memory of the princess who died in 1671 and is buried there. The Roshanara Club, started by the British in 1922, retains 22 acres of the garden area

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