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9.1.1 Introduction
Amongst all sectors, water supply assumes maximum attention since present scenario of water
supply is bad in light of recent draught years. Normal rainfall pattern in Udaipur is poor and
frequent series of draught years has worsened water availability from various sources, which in
turn affects water supply.
Udaipur is famous all over world for its enchanting lakes. The interconnected network of lakes
emerged for both recreational and irrigation purpose. But they also recharged groundwater, and
seepage collected through wells and stepwells was utilized for drinking purposes. The three main
lakes of Udaipur are Pichhola, and Fatehsagar, situated within city, and Udaisagar, with other
smaller lakes either interconnecting or feeding them. Pichhola has a natural catchment of its own
and is also fed by Sisarma, a non-perennial river. Gorana-ki-nal (Dewas-I), a dam upstream of
Aravalli was connected to Sisarma river in 1973. Fatehsagar has a very small catchment of its
own and is fed by Bari tank, and Chota & Bada Madar. Overflow from Bada and Chota Madar
tanks merge with Ahar river. A canal branches out and merges with Fatehsagar. Ahar River feeds
Udaisagar several kilometers downstream. Overflow from Bari tank directly merges with
Fatehsagar. Overflow from Pichhola and Fatehsagar goes into Ahar through a canal before it
enters Udaisagar.
Below Pichhola and Fatehsagar are numerous wells and bavdis (step wells). In past, these wells
were the only source of drinking water, as lakes were not used for drinking water purposes, as
done today. With this web of lakes and wells, most of rain falling within Udaipur basin was kept
within the basin itself, with very little losses.
Source of water to Udaipur city are its various lakes viz. Pichola, Fatehsagar, Jaisamand, and
ground water from Jhamar Kotra mines and local tube wells & bowaries. During last few years,
Udaipur has faced drought years and experienced severe shortage of water. To cater to increasing
water demand, diminishing yield of existing water sources, it is planned to tap more sources of
water and augment existing sources.
The water demand as in 2001 was 72 MLD (based on 130 LPCD normal households and 70
LPCD slums, considering 15% population lives in slums and rest 85% is normal households,
moreover requirement of industries is considered as given by them in detail). As against this
demand of 72 MLD, present service level is only 43MLD.
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In 1987 Badi Lake was considered for augmenting water supply system of Udaipur, since Pichola
Lake was almost dry. Nearly 5 to 6 MLD of water is drawn from Badi Lake when levels in
Pichola and Fatehsagar lakes are very low. During draught year of 1988 an emergency water
supply scheme from Jaisamand Lake was sanctioned, which eventually got commissioned in 1995
for about 21.32 MLD. Another scheme was executed for utilization of ground water resulting
from dewatering of Jhamar Kotra Mines. With consecutives draught year’s since1996, ground
water were taken into service in addition to the depleting surface water to keep survival service
level, by supplying water on alternate days.
Udaipur has numerous lakes in its vicinity, Pichola, Fatehsagar, Jaisamand, being important ones
from water supply point of view. These lakes, along with local bowries and bore wells, have been
major source of drinking water in past for Udaipur.
Pichola Lake is man made and dates back to 14th century. Capacity of Pichola is about 13,700
million liters, whilst at its minimum draw able level its corresponding capacity is 2,250 million
liters.
Fateh Sagar Lake is man-made constructed in 19th century. Its capacity is 12,100 million liters
and at its minimum drawable level its corresponding capacity is 2,300 million liters.
Jaisamand Lake is located approximately 50 kms from Udaipur. It was constructed during 1730
A.D. for irrigation. Gross storage is 415,000 million liters and 300,000 million liters (live).
Minimum storage capacity is 75,000 million liters. Jaisamand Lake has a much larger storage in
comparison to Pichola and Fateh Sagar and therefore offers prospects of future development for
water supply for Udaipur.
During emergency water is drawn from Badi Lake, which is located on the outskirts of Udaipur.
Its’ gross storage is very less; hence is not a regular source of water and maximum withdrawal of
water is about 2 MLD at present.
Ground water is drawn from 50 tube wells and 32 step wells/open wells located in city. Besides,
there are 8 tube wells constructed through RSMM located at about 8-14 kms from city in Jamar
Kotra Mines and Kharbadiya Mines supplying water to city through Kaladawas Pumping Stations.
Water is collected from tube wells in CWRs and pumped by series of 3 pumping stations
(Purohiton Ki Madri and Pratap Nagar Zones, Sahelion ki bari & Gulab Bag). 2010 hand pumps
and 102 panghats (system consisting of low yield tube wells, automatically electrically operated
submersing pumping sets, low capacity PVC water tanks, and 3-4 public taps) also supplements
water supply.
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TABLE 9.1.1: SHOWING AVAILABILITY OF WATER FROM VARIOUS SOURCES DURING NORMAL
AND DRAUGHT CONDITIONS
Availability of
Sources
Water (MLD)
Surface Water
Sources
Lake Fatehsagar 0.2
Lake Pichola 0.0
Lake Jaisamand 23.0
Lake Badi 2.5
Ground Water
Sources
Sources within City 0.5
Kanpur 3.0
Jhamar Kotra mines 6.0
Total 31.2
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The potential of utilizable water is 54 MLD and 16 MLD from surface source and ground
water respectively. However potential from Pichola and FatehSagar is diminishing since past
3 to 4 seasons drastically and their present levels are unprecedented low due to rainfall deficit
in their respective catchments area (in fact in recent times water is not being tapped from
Pichola and FatehSagar Lakes). Ground water table is also depleting and there are chances of
reduction. Deficit between demand and supply has further widened due to gradual closing
down of bowries and reduction in supply from lakes, mainly due to low rainfall, silting and
pollution. The table shows current availability of water to Udaipur city from various sources
during draught years.
Udaipur has nine water treatment plants. These are tabulated below indicating their installed
capacities.
TABLE 9.1.3 SHOWING EXISTING WATER TREATMENT PLANTS
Capacity Construction
Description
(MLD) Year
1. Patel circle RGF Plant 7.57 1997
2. Neemach Mata RGF Plant 11.35 1996
3. Doodh Talai RHB 2.85 1994
4. Ambavgarh Slow Sand Filter Plant 1.36 1994
5. Doodh Talai RGF Plant 13.64 1976
6. Fateh Sagar RGF Plant 2.27 1970
7. Gulab Bagh RGF 4.54 1968
8. Gulab Bagh Pressure Filter 2.27 1968
9. Fateh Sagar Pressure Filtration Unit 1.72 1968
Total 47.59
Source: Concept note on mass balance of water source and distribution for Udaipur city,
RUIDP.
These nine WTPs have total capacity of about 47 MLD. Out of which two Pressure filters and
Ambavgarh filter plant have outlived their lives and will be made defunct. For three WTPs de-
rating factor in range of 5-10% is considered due to ageing, on pro-rata basis depending on age
of respective filtration units. Accordingly total actual capacity of WTPs is expected to be about
40.18 MLD.
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65%
15%
6%
7%
1% 6%
Figure 9.1.2 Showing Population Served Based on Per Capita Water Supply
60%
20%
0% 20%
Existing Water Distribution System was laid long back; and extended further on need base.
Water is being distributed for two to four hours in all areas, with a distribution gap of 48
hours since December 1998. Ninty percent of population served is believed to be served by
piped water supply and rest through spot sources. Water is being supplied through a network
of 11 storage facilities, 3 booster stations and about 400 km of distribution lines. The existing
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A - Hiran Magri Sector 9 Hiran Magri Sector 9, 12, 7 part
5 - Patel Circle B - Hiran Magri Sector 14 Hiran Magri Sector 14, I, J, K block,
Jaisamand Lake
(Capacity: 7.57 MLD) Gaariwas, Hiran Magari Sector No. 11 & 13, Tekari, Ce
C – Direct Supply
Nagar, Barkat Colony, Village Goverdhan Villas.
Paneriyo ki Madri, Kumbha Nagar (part), Vakilji ki Baor
A - Paneriyo ki Madri Magari Sector No. 5, Housing Board Colony, Hiran Mag
6 - Paneriyo ki Madri
Jhamar Kotra Quarter. Post Office Colony.
(Capacity: 5.50 MLD)
B - Hiran Magri Sector – 4 HM Sector 3, Sector 4 (part), Mahaveer nagar, Nokha, K
C - Sector – 7 RHB, HM sector 7
7 - Sahelio ki Badi
Sahelio ki Badi Ground water Panchwati Area, Madhuban Area
(Capacity: 1.00 MLD)
8 - Purohito ki Madri UIT colony, Purohitio ki Madri, Math Madari, Mewar Ind
Kanpur Purohito ki Madri – SR
(Capacity: 2.00 MLD) Khempura, Bhoipura, Railway Colony, Arihant Colony,
Source: Concept note on mass balance of water source and distribution for Udaipur city, RUIDP
9.1.6 Water Supply Indicators
Sr. No. Indicator Unit Value
1 Population to be served Nos. 389317
2 Population served Nos. 269130
3 Coverage Percentage 69.13
4 Water Sources
4.1 Surface Source Nos. 4
4.2 Open Wells Nos. 32
4.3 Tube Wells Nos. 50
4.4 Hand Pumps Nos. 2010
5 Available Supply 2005 summer MLD 31.2
6 Water Treatment Plants Nos. 9
7 Existing Rising Main Km 40
8 Transmission Losses Percentage 2.54
9 Water service level excluding bulk supply LPCD 74
Expected service level as per CPHEEO
10 LPCD 135
guidelines
11 Existing Distribution Mains Km 142.5
12 Water Supply Duration Hrs 1.5 - 3
13 Water distribution interval Hrs. 48
14 House Connections Nos. 53826
14.1 Domestic Nos. 51506
14.2 Commercials Nos. 1563
14.3 Industrial Nos. 817
15 Metered Connections Nos. 53826
16 Meters Operational Nos. 13373
17 Percentage of Operational Meters Percentage 24.84
Amount of water through leakage/unauthorized Percentage
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use
Source: Rapid Urban Assessment, UMC, PHED, Concept note on mass balance of water source and
distribution for Udaipur city, RUIDP
The above description shows that Udaipur water supply system does not stand on a firm
foundation, both in terms of quantity of supply and coverage of population. And, this
situation is likely to deteriorate further. Following are the reasons:
Paucity of Source
All lakes are dependent on rains in there catchments. With variation in rainfall it has been
experienced that availability of water from one or more lakes is negligible during peak
demand period i.e. summers.
From Devas I dam conveyance system of Pichola consists of river shallow natural drain.
Therefore, in flow from Devas I dam is feasible in Pichola and Fatehsagar system only during
rainy period or when drain is saturated. Otherwise, quantum of water received in Pichola
Lake is negligible as compared to water released from Devas I dam.
Similarly close conduits/lined canal system for in-flow needed from future proposed dam
sites.
Augmentation of source is also a major necessity. It has to be supplemented with network of
raw water conveyance system, WTPs, CWRs and further networks.
The MS conveyance main from Jaisamand to Dudh Talai is damaged due to weathering
effects resulting in many leakages and sudden breakdowns. Rejuvenation of mains including
its outer coating and placing more expansion joints is required. Similarly, most of pumping
machineries and electrical mechanisms need rejuvenation to increase flow capacities and
efficiencies.
Groundwater Depletion
Tube wells located in Kharbadia, Jamar Kotra, Kanpur areas draw water from a limited
aquifer. It is part of old Ahad river basin, from centuries Ahad is a seasonal river, in -flow
occurred hardly for 20-30 days in previous decades. Similarly, tube wells and bore wells
located in city are dependent on water level in Lakes. Most of the tube wells have very low or
negligible yield in summers when demand is heavy.
The existing infrastructure for distribution system is inadequate to provide minimum required
drinking water This infrastructure is not able to carry existing 42 MLD supply – whereas city
presently needs 88 MLD of supply. Due to uneven topography of city here t are many low
pressure points. Besides this, except RUIDP no major reorganization of distribution network
has been carried out in last 3 decades. There are many tail ends. There is shortage of adequate
storage facilities. The distribution network needs strengthening by construction of CWRs,
ESRs, GLSR, feeder mains, rising mains and distribution networks.
Worn-out Pipelines
In old city there are decades old GI pipelines that have corroded and punctured resulting in
inadequate flow. A major problem of scaling in old CI/GI lines resulting in low carrying
capacities is also observed. Due to construction of roads, and plying of traffic, wherever
distribution main lines have been laid frequency of leakage and breakages is heavy. Since,
distribution main lines are exposed to rocky surroundings, though they are buried
underground. The length of such lines is around 170 km and diameter of pipelines is 50mm
to 350mm.
Uncovered Areas
Most of newly developed areas, and developing areas are deprived of piped water supply
facilitates. On broad estimation this is about 30% of present populated area.
Major head works are not connected by electrical feeder mains that can ensure regular power
supply during maintenance or breakdown in one of the power transmission lines. Even
normal power cuts to city affects pumping from the head works.
Rejuvenation of Assets
Chemical storage facilities, Step-wells, pumping stations, office and residential complexes
also need to be rejuvenated as they are in very poor state.
Mansi-Wakal Project
RUIDP – under ADB assistance, RUIDP was planned. The major components are as follows
Tunnel and Conveyance main from Tunnel to Nandeshwar to carry water from Mansi -Wakal
Dam. WTP at Nandeshwar = of capacity of 23.35 MLD and at Titerdee of capacity 13.5
MLD
OHSRs and GLSRs – 16 nos. Rising Mains = 22.47 kms respectively to connect OHSRs and
GLSRs. Only a part of distribution system networks from these 13 SRs was sanctioned. Work
of rejunivation of pipelines, distribution lines to fully utilize existing and newly constructed
SRs could not be sanctioned. As main aim of the project was to bring 23.35 MLD water from
Mansi Wakal and construct 2 WTPs to meet existing water demand.
Assumed % Demand
Component Category
population (LPCD)
Domestic Demand Domestic 85% 135
including other non
domestic demands Slums 15% 70
Bulk & Industrial Demands As per actual demands given by the line departments
? Within distribution system 15%
Losses and wastages ? For Transmission system 2%
? Within water treatment plant 3%
MLD MLD MLD MLD MLD MLD MLD MLD MLD MLD MLD MLD MLD
500,202 62.65 3.52 9.93 76.10 3.59 79.69 1.59 81.28 10 71.28 2.14 83.42 0.83
646,575 80.98 3.91 12.73 97.63 3.73 101.36 2.03 103.38 10 93.38 2.80 106.19 1.06
835,781 104.68 4.73 16.41 125.82 4.02 129.84 2.60 132.44 10 122.44 3.67 136.11 1.36
080,354 135.31 5.2 21.08 161.59 4.18 165.77 3.32 169.09 10 159.09 4.77 173.86 1.74
TABLE 9.1.7 SHOWING WATER DEMAND AND STORAGE CAPACITY AND GAPS FOR FUTURE
Sr. Existing Storag
No. Distribution Zone Population Water Demand (KLD)
Storage Requi
Zone % 2001 2011 2021 2031 2001 2011 2021 2031 KLD 2011
1 1A-Jagdish chowk 1.58 7915 10232 13226 17096 1,204 1,545 1,991 2,557
2 1B-Raoji ka hata 2.76 13807 17848 23071 29822 2,101 2,695 3,473 4,461
2,614 3,964
3 1D-Boharwadi 3.58 17894 23131 29900 38649 2,722 3,493 4,501 5,781
4 1E-Kishan pole 3.30 16515 21348 27595 35671 2,512 3,223 4,154 5,335
5 1C-Ganesh Ghati 3.86 19311 24962 32267 41709 2,938 3,769 4,858 6,239 1364
6 1F-Town hall 1.94 9687 12522 16186 20922 1,474 1,891 2,437 3,129 684
7 1G-M.B.College 1.82 9114 11782 15229 19686 1,387 1,779 2,293 2,944 644
8 2A-Gulab bag H.Z. 5.42 27105 35038 45291 58544 4,124 5,290 6,818 8,757 1,362 1914
9 2B-Gulab bag L.Z 2.66 13304 17197 22230 28735 2,024 2,597 3,347 4,298 1,362 939
10 3A-Ambaogarh H.Z. 1.57 7829 10121 13082 16911 1,191 1,528 1,969 2,529 454 553
11 3B-Ambaogarh L.Z 1.79 8929 11543 14921 19287 1,358 1,743 2,246 2,885 (920) ? 631
12 4A-Neemach mata HZ 4.34 21690 28038 36242 46848 3,300 4,233 5,456 7,007 1,324* 1532
13 4B-Neemach mata LZ 5.44 27224 35191 45489 58800 4,142 5,314 6,848 8,795 1,362 1922
14 4C-Badgaon 1.07 5375 6949 8982 11610 818 1,049 1,352 1,737 380
15 4D-Bedla 1.84 9222 11921 15409 19918 1,403 1,800 2,320 2,979 651
16 4E-Bhuwana 1.52 7621 9852 12735 16462 1,160 1,488 1,917 2,462 45 538
17 4F-Shobhagpura 0.81 4076 5269 6811 8804 620 796 1,025 1,317 45 288
18 4G-Chitrakoot 0.51 2541 3285 4246 5488 387 496 639 821 300 179
19 5A-Madri Zone 3.21 16056 20755 26829 34679 2,443 3,134 4,039 5,187 1134
20 5B-Tekri Zone 2.69 13476 17421 22518 29108 2,050 2,630 3,390 4,354 952
21 5C-HM Sector 3 1.94 9697 12536 16204 20946 1,475 1,893 2,439 3,133 685
22 6A-Machhlamagra HZ 3.28 16391 21188 27388 35402 2,494 3,199 4,123 5,295 1,362 1157
23 6B-Machhlamagra LZ 2.36 11810 15266 19734 25508 1,797 2,305 2,971 3,815 318 834
24 6C-H.M.Sector 8 2.07 10357 13388 17306 22370 1,576 2,022 2,605 3,346 454 731
25 7A-H.M.Sector 14 1.33 6643 8588 11101 14349 1,011 1,297 1,671 2,146 1,362 469
26 7B-H.M.Sector 9 3.28 16394 21192 27394 35410 2,494 3,200 4,124 5,296 1,362 1158
27 7C-H.M.Sector 7 1.28 6393 8265 10683 13809 973 1,248 1,608 2,065 600 451
28 7D-HM Sector 4 4.63 23143 29916 38670 49986 3,521 4,517 5,822 7,477 1,362 1634
29 7E-IJ Block + RHB 2.51 12548 16220 20966 27102 1,909 2,449 3,156 4,054 500 886
30 7F-Gov.Villas SR 1.07 5376 6950 8984 11613 818 1,049 1,352 1,737 870 380
31 9-Kanpur 2.56 12792 16535 21374 27629 1,946 2,497 3,218 4,133 1,200 903
32 8A-Sajjan Nagar 0.46 2284 2954 3818 4935 348 446 575 738 300 161
33 8B-Kalbelia 5.12 25628 33129 42823 55354 3,899 5,002 6,447 8,279 1810
34 8C-Ambamata 1.89 9459 12228 15807 20432 1,439 1,846 2,380 3,056 668
35 8D-Yadav colony 1.66 8327 10764 13914 17985 1,267 1,625 2,095 2,690 588
36 8E-Ashok Nagar 2.29 11476 14835 19177 24788 1,746 2,240 2,887 3,708 454 810
37 8F-Pahara 4.03 20147 26043 33663 43514 3,065 3,932 5,068 6,509 1423
8G-Pratapnagar 450+
38 6.52 32631 42180 54523 70478 4,964 6,369 8,208 10,542 2304
(2270) ?
Total 100 500202 646575 835781 1080354 76,096 97,628 125,824 161,592 17,688 35,322
* - Capacities excluding Treatment Plant Balancing Reservoir
? - Existing GLSRs are in depleted condition. Reconstruction proposed.
# - Yadav colony will be fed from Ambaogarh LZ SR
TABLE 9.1.8 RUIDP WORK PACKAGES (ALL FIGURES ARE IN RS. LAKHS)
Package Estimated
Package Description
No. Cost
UDA/WS/01 Augmentation of Water Supply at Ambamata 68.00
UDA/WS/02 Construction of WTP at Teetardhi 175.00
UDA/WS/03 Construction of rising mains from Dewas to Nandeshwar WTP 1000.00
UDA/WS/04 Rising mains & Gravity feeders - Phase I 350.00
UDA/WS/05 Construction of SRs at various locations - Phase I 120.00
UDA/WS/06 Replacement of worn out pipes 100.00
Rehabitation of existing pumping station including all civil,
UDA/WS/07 150.00
electrical and mechanical works
UDA/WS/08 WTP at Nandeshwar (separated from WS/02) 350.00
UDA/WS/09 Rising mains & Gravity feeders - Phase II 850.00
Construction of SRs at various locations - Phase II
UDA/WS/10 180.00
(separated from WS/05)
Providing, Laying, Jointing of Distribution Mains
UDA/WS/11 700.00
(Renumbered from Ws/07 to WS/11)
Total 4043.00
Source: Water Supply Concept Report, RUIDP
Legend
Partially taken up in RUIDP
Taken up in RUIDP
Dropped / Not Taken up in RUIDP
Considering above challenges, following goals for different horizon years ave h been
identified. The water supply coverage and access to piped water supply in UMC and UIT
area needs to be enhanced to 100% by year 2021. Per capita water supply should be
maintained at 135 LPCD by increasing hours of supply and decreasing interval ofsupply
from 48hrs to daily by year 2021. Unaccounted for water needs to be determined and reduced
to 15% or lower by year 2021.100% O&M Recovery to be achieved by year 2011.
9.2 SEWERAGE
9.2.1 Introduction
City of Lakes, Udaipur is one of the important city in the state of Rajasthan. The City is a
favorite tourist destination for foreign and local tourists, for its beautiful lake and marvelous
palaces. Lakes and gardens in the city besides being beauty spots are also of great ecol ogical
significance. The lakes are also principal source of drinking water for the city. Growth of city
is however adversely affecting the eco -system of the lakes and there is fear of lakes
becoming eutrophic. Survival of Udaipur city as a tourist destinat ion and well being of its
residents is essentially linked with preservation of eco system of its lakes.
Flow of domestic wastewater into the lakes is one of the major reasons identified for the
deterioration of the condition of the lakes. Absence of under
ground sewage collections and
conveyance system also results in wastewater flowing in the open drain that is marring
aesthetics of the city.
City is growing in population and business activities and with the rise in standard of living,
water demand of the city residents is further increasing and consequently wastewater flow is
increasing. Public Health Engineering Department and Urban Development Department have
initiated some projects under RUIDP for augmenting water supply to the City. With
implementation of proposed water supply augmentation schemes, water supply to the city
will increase from present 75 LPCD to 135 LPCD. Absence of proper sewage collection and
conveyance system particularly in the surrounding of lakes will result in further
eutrophication of lakes.
Continuous efforts have been made by various concerned Government Department and Local
self-Government to protect lakes from pollution and maintaining aesthetic environment in
city in general and in the surrounding of the lakes in particular,so that the city retains its
historic charm. As a lake protection measure sewerage system was planned from time to time
for collection and conveyance of sewage in catchment areas of lakes.
Citizens of Udaipur have always been sensitive about the state ofhealth of their lakes and
there were demands for concrete action for their protection. Public interest litigation was also
filed in the Rajasthan High Court to protect the lakes from pollution. Honorable Court
ordered concerned departments to take appropriate action for the protection of lakes in a time
bound manner and is continuously monitoring the progress being made in this matter.
Urban Improvement Trust (UIT) undertook most recent activity in the direction of prevention
of pollution of lakes, prior to the present project. Under this activity UIT assigned work of
planning and designing of sewerage system to National Environment Engineering Research
Institute (NEERI) who studied the project area and prepared a report for preservation of lakes
and submitted to UIT for implementation.
NEERI in its report presented a condition assessment of the existing sewerage system, and
recommended implementation of proper sewerage network for the City of Udaipur. NEERI
prepared detail project report for sewerage netw
ork for part of Udaipur (Phase I Part I). For
immediate remedial measure to protect the Pichola lake from Pollution and (Phase I Part II)
for protecting Lake Fatehsagar and augment the existing main sewer running from Hathi Pole
to Manvakhera where the sewage treatment plant is proposed to be constructed. (Phase II)
was for remaining part of Udaipur as per development of the city projected for the year 2011.
In Phase I work proposed by NEERI, sewerage system was designed around four lakes,
which cover ten wards. Out of this three wards are fully covered and seven are partly covered
for the design purpose and this work was executed by UIT Udaipur and simultaneously
carried out the work of sewers house connections of the consumers. Government of
Rajasthan took a decision to execute the work proposed under Phase -I Part-II in NEERI’s
report, under waste water sector of ADB project. In addition to providing sewerage system,
augment the existing main sewer from Hathi pole to Manwakhera; construction of a 20 MLD
capacity sewage treatment plant was also included in the works. Unfortunately no work could
be executed under ADB project.
Udaipur city is not fully covered by an integrated underground sewerage system. At present,
the city has a skeleton existing sewerage system, which covers the high density populated
areas of the walled city. The old sewerage system in the catchment areas of the lakes consist
of 3500m of sewers varying in diameters from 150-350mm covering a population of about
10,000 in Ambamata, Brahmapuri, Lalghat, Navghat, and Chandpole area. The sewage from
these sewers used to flow by Reaping up to Jhatwadi by a pump -house located at Chandpole
(ridgeline) from where it was gravitating to Hathipole through 400 mm diamet er gravity
sewers.
The existing sewerage system spreads in 13 wards out of 50 wards of Municipal area of
Udaipur i.e. ward nos. 22, 33 to 37, 42 to 47 & 50 with an outfall of 800mm dia at Manwa
Kheda at a distance of 4.5 Km from City. Besides this UIT Uda ipur took the execution of
sewerage project to protect lake Pichola from pollution. Accordingly an extensive sewerage
system was laid in localities surrounding it at an expenditure of Rs. 12.00 Crores under the
technical guidance of NEERI. After executionof the project the existing pumping station at
chandpole has been abandoned and the entire sewerage generated from the area Mullatalai,
Haridasji Ki Magri, Ambamata Scheme, Raja Colony, Yadav Kachi Basti, Bagore Ki Haveli,
Purohit Ji Ki Haveli, Brampole, Gangor Ghat, Lalghat, Gadia Deora etc. Gravitate to
Hathipole through 800mm dia sewer line from where it is carried by existing sewer line
already functional from Hathipole to Manwa Kheda. In this project one pumping station had
to be constructed near Hanuman Temple in Ambamata Area because of low lying area such
as Yadav Kachi Basti, Ambavgarh, Part of Ambamata scheme etc. Under this project the
main sewer line runs from Mullatalai to Hathipole via Chandpole. The sewer line is
telescopic with starting dia meter of 500mm to 800mm at Hathipole. Part of this sewer line
has been laid in the bed of Lake Pichola. The ductile Iron (800mm) tube line has been laid in
the lake bed. Along with a network of 24 Km sewer line the laid under the NEERI Project
about 3400 sewer hose connection have been done simultaneously.
The entire sewage generated in the city finds its way to Ahad River through 800mm dia
outfall sewer at Manwa Kheda village. Congested parts of the city areas have extensive
network of surface water drains, to which wastewater from houses (including water closets)
is directly connected. The surface water drains ultimately discharge into lakes causing lake
pollution. There has been an arrangement to collect and convey sewage from mmunityco
septic tanks at various locations up to nearest natural or constructed drains.
Major deficiencies in the existing sewage collection system are listed below.
Inadequate coverage
The sewage collection system is not laid to cover all areas of the city. In fact it does not fully
cover even the areas for which branch and main sewers have been laid.
House Connections
Except the area in which UIT has laid sewer lines does not have sewer house connec
tions,
without which the sewer lines cannot function properly. Only about 3600 odd sewer
connections exist in the entire city as against 75000 households as per MCU surveys of
houses year 2001.
Size of existing outfall sewer is 800mm dia. RCC NP -2 pipe and was laid in 1985/1986. As
per PHED report on Sewerage Scheme, design of outfall sewer was considered for 15 year
i.e. upto the demand of year 1999-2000. Design slope of 800mm dia outfall sewer is 1 in 850
and calculated design capacity is 2/15-m3/min. Serving population of 1,28,450. But the
projected population in year 2011 and 2041 is 6.46 and 13.96 lacs respectively. Therefore
need of a new outfall sewer has to be considered with respect to construction of a Sewage
Treatment Plant.
For immediate solution and to prevent pollution in lakes it is proposed to provide ewerage
s
network in entire present development of the town with sewage treatment facility. This will
involve laying about 400 km network of sewer lines of sizes 200mm to 1600mm and about
74000 sewer house connections. The sewage treatment plant can be const ructed in phased
manner. Modular treatment plant of 20 MLD capacity can be built in the first instance and
another module of same capacity can be added towards the end of first phase. An special
emphasis shall have to be given to the work of sewer house co nnection which is the key of
success of the sewerage system. For this activity an extensive IEC campaign shall have to be
taken up to motivate the people and help of NGO shall be required. It is also proposed to
employ a design supervision consultant to pr epare DPR and supervision of the work.
Provision of all above activities has been taken in the proposal whose total cost is envisaged
Rs 19041.20 Lakhs.
For providing sanitation facilities in thecity and to present pollution of lakes it is proposed to
provide sewerage network in entire present development and projected development for year
2041. This will involve laying about 1000 km network of sewer lines of sizes 200 mm to
1600mm and about 250000 sewer house connections. The sewage treatment plant of total
treatment capacity of 120 MLD can be constructed in phased manner. Modular treatment
plant of 20 MLD capacities can be built in the first instance and another modules of same
capacity can be added later on as per the requirement. An special emphasis shall have to be
plan to the work of sewer house connection which is the key of success of the sewerage
system. For this activity an extensive IEC campaign shall have to taken up to motivate the
people and help of NGO shall be required. It is also proposed to employ a design supervision
consultant to prepare DPR and supervision of the work. The provision of all above activities
has been taken in the proposal whose total cost is envisaged Rs 52702.14 Lakhs.
9.3 DRAINAGE
9.3.1 Existing status
Ayad River and its tributaries drain Udaipur city. Kotra River one of the biggest tributary of
Ayad commands an extensive catchment ar ea in the southern west part of the city. Most of
the rainwater in Kotra River pour into Pichola Lake and enter the river Ayad through
Swaroop Sager Lake and Gumania Drain. In general the undulating topography and existence
of a number of huge water bodiesdo not cause any drainage problem. vikas
Most of the existing roads of the city have lined drains alongside and most part of the area
run off is discharged into the Ayad River. The city is generally free from prolonged drainage
congestion except in few p laces identified as problematic areas. The main drains leading to
storm water receivers are irregular and mostly unlined. The vents of the cross drainage works
are almost choked and are not functioning properly resulting sluggish flow. Moreover the
service pipes in many places crossing through drains also impede the flow. The internal
drainage network also needs to be improved in some places. An inventory of the existing
drainage lengths of the city is presented in the table below.
The existing major drains are mostly irregular and unlined. The rains d are full of weeds,
vegetation, silt and rubbish. The vents are totally choked with reduced cross sections causing
sluggish flow. The drains are insufficient to carry the runoff during storm resulting flooding
of adjacent roads and colonies. These drains carry the runoff as well as domestic waste water
from the city.. Ultimately, these drains lead the total storm water and waste to Ayad River
through agricultural lands with no definite alignment. They simply follow the contours of the
land.
9.3.2 Deficiency of the system
After the major flood in the year 1973, the drains were totally damaged and inspite of major
repairs and construction of the new drains, they are working properly in the present day
situation since the existing watercourses are heavily silted and weeded resulting the
considerable reduction in cross sectional area. The drains were also found to be invariably
carrying sewage and sullage flow in the absence of branch and trunk sewers thereby increasing
the quantity of flow in the drains. All the major Drains terminate their journey either in the
Gumania drain, or in non-perennial Ayad River.
There are two industrial areas namely Madri and Bhuwana. The major industrial units are
located in Madri known as Mewar Industrial Estate. It covers an area of 544.19 ha, whereas
Bhuwana covers an area of 80.62 ha. All the drains within these industrial areas are constructed
and maintained by RIICO.
The major bottlenecks for smooth functioning Storm Water Drainage in Udaipur can be listed
as follows:
?? Encroachments in various stretches;
?? Flooding of low-lying areas / inadequately drained urban pockets during storm;
?? Silting and weeding of drains;
?? Partial/haphazard lining of drains;
?? Flow of sewage and disposal of solid wastes in drains.Silting and blockage of secondary
As already discussed in previous chapters, a large number of water bodies exist in Udaipur such
as Goverdhan Vilas Tank, Fateh Sagar, Pichola & Swaroop Sagar, Bada Madar, Chhota Madar,
Lakhawali Tank, Nandeshwar Badi Tank and Udaisagar. Besides these, there are Roop Sagar,
Nehla Tank, Titardi Tank & Jogi ka Talao.The detail of Major water bodies is in following
table:
TABLE 9.3.3: MAJOR WATER BODIES
Catchment Capacity
S.
Name Location Area (Million
No
(Sq km) cum)
Near Dungarpur Road (5 Km from
1 Goverdhan Villas Tank 2.6 0.25
city)
2 Fateh Sagar Lake Within main city 35.9 12.08
Pichhola & Swaroop Sagar
3 Within main city 143.4 13.67
Lake
Udaipur – Gogunda Road (16 Km
4 Bada Madar (Big) 79.4 2.37
from city)
5 Chhota Madar (small) Near Bada Madar 20.5 0.85
6 Lakhawali 10 km away from city 15.4 2.07
7 Nandeshwar 12 km away from city 53.8 3.96
8 Badi tank 7 km away from city 15.4 10.47
Source: RUIDP Estimates
To be de-silted and de
Brick kilns near Bedla causeway, Heavy silting & weeding, Avoid solid waste being
11 Both banks of Ayad River
Encroachment and Dumping of solid waste, rubbish etc on the banks of the river causes water
Both banks should
stagnation.
Raised culverts or bridg
the slab.
Bohra Ganesh, Jayashree
12 This area is under development. Water logged is the problem due to absence of drainage system. Construction of a new d
Colony, Bahubali Colony
Construction of two line
13 Near Savina Mutt To unline drains meet at Savina Mutt near causeway and it is choked and the water is flooded.
Cleaning silt & weeds.
It is situated near Gumania drain which meets Ayad river near Alipura. The Gumania drain has
14 Panchawati Colony Partially silted and solid waste is thrown from the adjacent residential areas. The masonry on both si
The area should be cov
9.3.6 Development Planning for Ahar River
?? Encroachment should be removed from both side of river ban k (At least 130 feet each
side).
?? The mason wall should be constructed on both side of riverbank.
?? Green belt should be developed on both side of the riverbank (each side 100 feet) paraller
to the riverbank.
?? The cleaning of the riverbank should be properly one d because the plant leaves can
pollute the water.
?? The special type of plants (e.g. various type of flower plants) should be developed near
the riverbank.
?? The road should be constructed on the both sides of the riverbank (each side 30 feet)
Paraller to the riverbank.
Solid waste is an obligatory function of Municipal Council of Udaipur. However, this service
is not properly performed, resulting in problems of health, sanitation and environmental
degradation. Major factors for poor solid waste management is as follows:
?? Lack of financial resources
?? Institutional weakness
?? Improper choice of technology
?? Improper site of solid waste
?? Lack of trained manpower
?? Lack of local capacity to plan a proper system and
?? Poor public participation and cooperation
Udaipur city is not an exception and different from other cities in terms of solid waste
management. With the growth of population and huge influx of the tourists in the town, the
problem of solid waste is getting deteriorated.
The city on an average generates about 160 metric tones of solid wastes daily at present out
of which UMC claims 120 metric tones waste is collected and disposed off daily.
9.4.2 Administration
Present waste management services in Udaipur is provided by UMC. Health Officer, Chief
Sanitary Inspector, Sanitary Inspector, Jamadar, Supervisor & sweepers are deployed under
Municipal Commissioner. Cleaning work of a ward is lookedafter by administration through
staff deployed at ward level.
Less than 60% of municipal solid waste is actually collected and transported. Collection and
transportation is being done in open vehicle creating an ugly look and littering on traveled
road. Proper landfill site has not been developed by MCU. Presently it is crudely dumped at
Teetardhi. Transfer and transport of waste, involving deployment of vehicles and provision of
garages and workshop facility is available and responsibility of transpor
t wing. Total number
of sweepers involved in Solid Waste Management stands at 900, which work out to 2.3
workers per thousand residents. This is within range of -3 2 workers / 1000 residents
prevalent in other Indian cities.
Solid waste generated at various levels in the city are classified as under:
1. Residential and Commercial area
2. Slum area
3. Vegetable / fruits mobile vans.
4. Hotel / Restaurants
5. Dead bodies of cattle and cattle-dung.
6. Construction / Demolition
7. Medical establishments
8. Industries
FIGURE 9.4.1: COMPOSITION OF WASTE (VEG. FIGURE 9.4.2: COMPOSITION OF WASTE (COMMERCIAL
MARKETS) AREA)
1%
6% 1% 8% 0%
3% 0% 7%
9%
44%
27%
62% 13%
19%
Compostable Silt Plastic Paper Cloth glass Others Compostable Silt Plastic Paper Cloth glass Others
MCU have 900 sweepers and another 100 for supervisory categories. There is a deployment
for 3 nos. private contractors entrusted with cleaning and disposal on monthly contractual
agreement. The details are not available.
?? There is one sweeper per 1100m of road length.
?? There is a sweeper for every 435 people.
?? There is a container per 1840 people.
?? There is expenditure of Rs.230 per citizen for SWM services.
?? The cost for collection and disposal w
orks out to be Rs.2045 / MT.
There is high absenteeism and low productivity of workers, partly due to public attitude and
habits; roads are not tidy as expected. Just additional employment of people at this level
would not improve the situation. The numb er of vehicles in use for present practice of
transportation and disposal of SWM are given in following table.
TABLE 9.4.3: SWM EQUIPMENTS
Primary collection of solid waste is done through street and road sweeping as door to door
collection system isnot prevalent in Udaipur except for a few colonies. It is observed that
only 0.5 percent of the total population is served by house -to-house collection through a
private contractor or a NGO, Astha. The debris contains not only municipal solid waste but
also demolition waste and silt removed from drains.
The number of Municipal vehicles is adequate but 60% of generated waste istransported by
MCU; whereas private contractors liftNO waste. The payments to the contractors are made
on an area basis for sweeping and collecting. A combination of municipal vehicles
comprising of conventional trucks, dumper placers, and vehicles areused. One Bobcat and
one backhoe loader are present in the fleet.
The quantities of waste to be transported from various community bins had not been
quantified and hence some vehicles were not able to lift the entire waste for transportation.
MCU has identified 212 station points for placement of 3.5 cu.m. containers all over the city.
MCU has already procured most of quantities and civil work for placement is in progress.
Even this would not result in total collection and disposal, as maintaining cohesi
on between
conservancy and transport wings is difficult.
S. No. Vehicle type Capacity (in Ton) Trips/day Distance Traveled ( in Km)
1 Trucks 8-10 4 28
2 Mini Lorries 3-4 4 28
3 Tractors 1-1.5 4 28
4 Tippers 2-3 4 28
5 Loaders 300 kg 4 28
Source: RUIDP Estimates
No processing of MSW is being done right as on date. Only a miniscule vermi -composting is
being done by local NGOs.
Disposal of Solid Waste: Incoming vehicle isnot directed to deposit at a given location no
leveling, no long term planning; no soil cover and leachate control are contemplated. This is
a simple crude waste dumping site.
Swatch Samithi does the collection and disposal par t of the solid waste management system
in the city. This is an NGO run specifically for the purpose. About 11 wards are covered
under the scheme. Manpower for the organization is 13 and they use about 10 rickshaws for
the purpose. They collect about 2 T ofsolid waste daily from about 1600 houses. The charges
differ from place to place and also depend on nature of waste generated.
MT
135.75
150
Some important problems faced by
SWM are summarized below: 100
50
Better design and appropriate spacing of community bins, less double handling coupled with
citizen’s participation. Selection of appropriate vehicles with predetermined routes and
adequate workshop facilities for maintenance will render better output at less cost. Use of a
scientifically prepared landfill will result in a better management of waste disposal.
1.4.13 Recommendations
?? House to house collection for domestic wastes by private parties should be introduced
in a phased manner.
?? Slums should be given high priority and the time should be fixed for collecting
garbage.
?? Strong involvement of market societies and traders associations in strict adherences
to the system for a better result in the market and commercial plac es.
?? Private Incinerator should be set on a cost-sharing basis in all the hospitals.
?? Charges should be levied on the rubbish generated from the construction activities
?? All transportation vehicles should be covered with tarpaulins to avoid spillage,
unpleasant sights, and air pollution
?? Industries should treat their waste and transport the wastes to the disposal site
earmarked
?? Cost for collection, transportation and disposal should be recovered
?? Wider public education and community participation is a must
?? Waste can be disposed partly by composting or making bio -fertilizers and sanitary
landfills.
?? Cost of appropriate Rs.10 crore is estimated to develop solid waste management
system in Udaipur city. Municipal Council could acquire 45 ha of land at Blicha,
which is being developed scientifically.
9.4.14 Benefits
The benefits that are likely to be accrued as a result of door -to-door collection scheme as
suggested are summarized as under:
?? Improved level of sanitation with no extra financial burden on the muni cipality.
?? Reduction in number of collection points.
?? Relief to municipal sweepers as they will handle reduced volume of waste form roads and
lanes.
?? Reduction in waste volume, which will require disposal, as a fair degree of recyclable
materials will get sorted out at source of generation itself.
?? Once segregation of biodegradable and non-biodegradable at source is achieved,
composting could be financially viable option.
?? Optimum utilization of transport vehicles resulting in saving in transportation cost.
?? Increased opportunities for self-employment, especially for weaker section of the society.
9.5 ROAD AND TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
9.5.1 Introduction
Transport infrastructure forms the backbone of economy. It plays a very significant role
in growth and development of city. It is major factor, besides others, for spatial growth of
the city. A well-developed transport infrastructure provides increased accessibility to
various areas of a city and opens up remote areas on the periphery of thecity, which is
necessary from the point of future development and orderly growth of any town. The
objective of studying transport sector is to analyze its role in the context of present
scenario and thereby identify its strengths and weaknesses.
This chapter has been divided into following sections: Regional linkages, existing circulation
pattern, Traffic characteristics, Public transportation system, Issues and finally proposals. The
section on regional linkages describes connectivity of Udaipur city tother o cities. Existing
Circulation pattern identifies arterial roads inside city and features related to it. Traffic
characteristics details out vehicle growth, traffic volume, flow characteristics, modal split and
parking in Udaipur city (present scenarioin Udaipur mainly in commercial areas). Public
transportation system section covers modes of public transport and other matters associated
with it. Regional linkages and connectivity are described in ensuing paras.
Air Transport
Udaipur airport is located on Udaipur-Chitorgarh road near Dabok, which is 21km from the
city. On account of heritage structures, old monuments. Lakes, popular religious places in the
near vicinity, Udaipur attracts a large number of foreign as well as inl
and tourists. Still the
airport caters only to demestic flights, which connects the city to metros like Delhi and
Mumbai besides some other cities like Aurangabad, Jodhpur, and Jaipur etc. The frequency
of these domestic flights is very low. At present Ind
ian Airlines and Jet Airways are serving
as domestic air travel service provider. Lack of facilities at aerodrome area, frequency of
flights and international connectivity are some of the main issues of air transport which need
to be addressed not only from the point of need of promoting tourism further but also in the
context of overall growth of the city.
Rail Transport
Udaipur as already stated is an important tourism city of Rajasthan State, The infrastructure
of rail transport is rather poor. Except few tracks (Udaipur-Chittorgarh and Udaipur-Jaipur),
most of railway tracks are meter gauge. Trains from Mumbai via Ahmedabad, from Delhi via
Chittorgarh connect Udaipur. Royal luxurious train “Palace on Wheel” also covers this place .
Udaipur city has two railway stations,
(i) City Railway Station
(ii) Rana Pratap Railway Station (Pratap Nagar)
Both the railway stations lack respect of basic facilities like single window system good
retiring rooms, fans, and water facilities at platform. The two railwaystations are much
below the mational standards and need to be upgraded.
Road Transport
It can be seen from land use map, that Udaipur has a ring radiant model with linear growth
system along corridors. The road network system within city center and in periphery of city
center has a curvilinear road network. The city lacks in proper road network hierarchy.
Improper planning, rapid urbanization and increase in number of vehicles have resulted in
exceeding the capacity on city road network. Improper utilization of the available road
network and insufficient enforcement measures has further deteriorated the situation.Due to
curvilinear nature, most of roads in the city center are congested. The arterial road network,
radiating from city center is however providing better level of service, due to controlled
development and on account of effective functioning of Udaipurcity bypass on national
highway through traffic. Present bypass passes through the dense industrial area and function
as ring road for the city. It has now become necessary to plan another bypass to relieve the
industrial area from the hazards of through traffic, which mainly comprise of heavy
commercial vehicles.
The total road length in Udaipur is about 822 km that can be categorized in various
classifications as discussed below.
Arterial Roads
There are 11 Arterial roads in city of Udaipur having total length 84.17 km. These are
basically roads leading to various major cities and towns near Udaipur. Construction of
bypass has greatly relieved city congestion. Most of the arterial roads have a 150– 200 m
ROWWith two lane wide undivided carriageway In order to increase highway capacity, most
of the arterial roads have been widened by curtailing the footpaths. There are few roads like
Udaipur Chittorgarh (NH76) and NH8, which have 4 lane carriageway with entral
c median.
Sub-Arterial Roads
Most of sub arterials roads are undivided (except a few joining major junctions). All sub
arterial roads are BT roads except roads connecting BrahmaPol– Mallatalai, AmbaPol –
Ayurvedic College, and HathiPol– Shiksha Bhavan.
The PWD, Municipal Corporation of Udaipur and Urban Improvement Trust are the main
agenciesresponsible for construction and maintenance of roads and bridge d anfor operation
of traffic engineering works.. Presently the total road length maintained by PWD is 116.60
km. UIT and Municipality have a total of 700 km of road network under their jurisdiction.
The UIT plans and constructs roads in new scheme developedby it. Once the development is
complete, the entire scheme including new network of roads is handed over to Municipal
Corporation.
MAP 9.5.1: REGIONAL LINKAGES
MAP 9.5.2: ROAD NETWORK
TABLE 9.5.1: ROAD HIERARCHY
9.5.6 Classification on basis of Surface Type
Roads have been divided into four parts for purpose of classification on the basis of surface
type. Most of the roads are black top roads (having a bituminous wearing coat). Water Bound
Macadam roads exist only in certain parts of old city.CC roads have been constructed in
slum areas only Following is breakup of
Udaipur Roads by Type (Length)
Udaipur roads by surface type:
Out of 116.60 km of PWD roads 10 km road length is with less than standard single lane
carriageway, 43 km lengthis standard single lane, 51 km length os standard 2-lane and about
12 km is having intermediate lane. The total equivalent road length under PWD is 251.58 km.
Details regarding the roads under UIT and Municipal Corporation is not available.
As per master plan 1997, the area under circulation is 11.19% and has been proposed to be
10.78% in the year 2022. As per Master Plan, the area under circulation comprises only such
roads, which have ROW of 13.3 m and above. This appears to bereasonab ly good parameters
for city roads.
Rotary intersection
There are several rotary intersection in the city which provides one
-way circulatory system
around a central island. These intersections provide high capacity, causelittle delay in off
peak hours, result in orderly movement and require little maintenance. Cycle and animal
drawn vehicle create problems on large rotary intersections. There are large number of road
junctions and rotary intersections where encroachment, nformal
i activities, etc. cause
disruption of traffic inside the Udaipur city. These rotary intersections are developed and
maintained by different authorities in city. The following table gives a list of these rotary
intersections along with their status nad concerned agency:
Controlled junctions
Many intersections of city roads have control system through traffic lights..Regulation and
phasing of traffic signals is however unplanned and not proportion as per the requirements of
approaching traffic. Absence of planned traffic system in city has lead to traffic problems and
high probability of accidents.
Footpaths are being curtailed indescrimatly for widening of roads. This makespedestrian
unsafe. More over encroachment and ill planned location f ohand-pumps, electricity poles,
transformers, etc also result into frequent accidents besides adversily affecting the aesthetic look.
The following crossings of the city roads have traffic signal:
1. Surajpol Choraha
2. Delhi Gate
3. Chetak Circle
4. Court Choraha
5. Paras Cinema Choraha
6. Salumber Choraha
7. Pratap Nagar Choraha
Underpasses
at present there are seven underpasses on the city roads. However looking at the pace of
development of Udaipur these are proving to be highly inadequate. as the underpasses have
very narrow openings. With the increase in traffic on city roads there is growing demand for
widening of the under passes. The location of underpasses is as follows:
-
1. Udiyapol
2. RCA Hostel
3. Sikh Colony
4. Sewashram Choraha
5. Hiran Magri Sector-11
6. Eklingpura
7. Debari village
Vehicle Growth
The travel needs of city are catered by a variety of modes of transport in form of Shared
Auto-taxi (tempo), mini buses operated by private transporters, RSRTC busses, auto -
rickshaws and private vehicles like 2 wheelers, car, etc. improving socioeconomic conditions
coupled with easy availability of vehicles has led to a steep rise in growth of vehicles (vehicle
owner ship).
20832
No. of Vehicles Thousands
250
20000 4 wheelers
238342
200
15000 LCV
150
10000 LMV
100
5677
50 5000 O thers
4520
613
0 0
2 wheelers
2
0
1
20 1
20 3
20 4
20 5
20 2
6
-9
-9
-9
-9
-9
-0
-9
-9
-9
-9
-0
-0
-0
-0
-0
-0
91
92
94
95
98
99
90
93
96
97
00
02
03
04
01
05
Year
Growth Rate
12%
(Percentage)
10%
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
1990- 1991- 1992- 1993- 1994- 1995- 1996- 1997- 1998- 1999- 2000- 2001- 2002- 2003- 2004- 2005-
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 2000 01 02 03 04 05 06
4 wheelers Total 2 wheelers
Year
Among private vehicles average annual growth rate for car is 9.50% from 1990 -91 to 2005-
06 followed by two wheelers 7.84%. Growth rate for para transit is 6.4 % for the same
period. Among commercial vehicles the average annual growth rate for LCV is very high
(7.40%). The annual growth rate for all vehicles is 7.8% from 1990
-91 to 2005-06.
Analysis of volume counts at aggregated level gives the percentage share of each vehicle
mode and the same is represented below. The share of two wheelers is 33% followed by cars
(16%) among private vehicles. Buses and IPTshares 17% and 15% respectively. Share of
trucks is 9 percent.
Vehicular Composition
Trucks Others Car
9% 1%
16%
IPT
15%
2W
Bus
33%
17%
Cycle
9%
Inter City Bus Transport: There are 393 departures and arrivals of RSRTC buses
operating from Udaipur city everyday to other places. A fleet size of 134 buses operates from
Udaipur depots with a work force of 692 at an acceptable work force ratio of more than 1:5.
The RSRTC depot is situated along the old NH-8 towards the south of bus terminal, which is
about 3 km from the terminal. The route wise distribution of RSRTC bus movement from
Udaipur is as follows:
?? 26% towards Jaipur/Ajmer along NH-8
?? 25% towards chittorgarh/Kota along NH-76
?? 20% towards Ahemdabad along NH-8
?? 13% towards Mt. Abu
?? 11% towards Banswara
?? 5% towards Jharol
There are numerous Private Buses operating from Udaipur City catering to both short and
long distance travel. Presently there is no authorized private bus terminal. Theref
ore these
private buses are operating from on street on either side of Udaipol junction and near
Surajpol and Delhi Gate junctions.
Private Jeeps and Mini Buses are becoming another threat to the RSRTC buses operating in
towns for short distance travel.
1. Truck terminals: Presently three truck terminals are located in the city, however they
are not completely developed.
Goverdhan Vilas – Transport Nagar: Goverdhan Vilas Transport Nagar is located at
NH8 towards Ahmedabad and is not fully developed, Land allotment and demarcation has
been done by UIT.
Chittor Road Octroi Post Transport Nagar: Rapid but unplanned development of this
transport terminal Systematic planning and orderly development incorporating all the
desired features such as prking, repairs shops, dhabas, office complex is missing.
Automobiles/Truck Stand: UIT developed automobile/truck stand in front of Reti
stand/Agricultural Produce Market. However illegal operation of Reti stand has resulted
in trucks (with sand) stop/park at the main road itself. Also adequate parking is not
available. Reti Stand is a commercially and economically important centre; hence it needs
to be operated in a planned manner.
2. Bus Stand and Bus Stops: present Rajasthan Roadways bus stand is located in Udaipol.
This is a high-density traffic corridor of Udaipur. Moreover inadequate space for parking is a
problem within the bus station.
3. Taxi / Pvt. Bus Stands: Absence of planned taxi and bus stands in Udaipur has resulted
into operation of private bus from main roads itself. Most of private buses are operated from
Udaipol main road itself in front of Roadways bus station. List of Car taxi Stands existing in
Udaipur city is given below.
TABLE 9.5.6: CAPACITY OF CAR TAXI STANDS
5. Shared-Auto Taxi Stands: Traffic police has identified and located certain stoppages for
Shared-Auto -taxi. However it has been observed that these are not properly developed,
and the fact remains that these shared taxi stop whenever and wherever they etg a
passenger.
Parking situation in rest of city is not as grim as in walled city but would get worse with
increase in vehicle numbers and commercialization along roads. The tendency in Udaipur is
of commercialization along the main roads. Initially, the plots along these roads were
residential in nature but with increasing land value and tra ffic on these roads, they got
commercialized. The commercialization led to an increase in parking demand along these
roads which in turn reduced the effective carriage way. With high rate of increase registered
vehicles (two wheelers and four wheelers) parking facilities are proving to be in adequate in
city. Most of commercial areas don’t provide for parking and vehicles are parked on road,
thereby obstructing road traffic. The following table shows major Parking Areas located in city
TABLE 9.5.7: LOCATION OF MAJOR PARKING PLACES IN UDAIPUR CITY
SI Existing Parking
Stretch Link Length (m)
No. Demand in ECS
1 Patel Chowk to Choraha 1600 291
2 Udaipol Choraha to Surajpol Choraha 530 158
3 Surajpol Choraha to Town hall Entry 460 55
4 Town hall Entry to Delhi Gate 370 115
5 Delhi Gate to Hathipol Choraha 760 238
6 Hathipol Choraha to Chetak Circle 500 141
7 Delhi Gate to Durajpol (Bapu Bazar) 660 315
Source: Traffic Management Plan, Udaipur
On accounting of inadequate training and education maximum persons are killed and
injured in accidents with involvement of trucks followed by cars/jeep/taxi and buses.
1000
800
600
400
200
0
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Old city doesn’t have well developed road network, considering present situation of high
traffic levels along with the fact that these roads are extremely narrow and Zig-Zag. Irregular
development of city has resulted in roads being constructed in unplanned fashion, resulting in
incomplete links to major roads. This has resulted to bottlenecks along major roads as they
near a junction. Due to absence of links, citizens of Udaipur are also forced to travel extra
distance in order to reach locations, which are otherwise very near.
A large numbers of roads are already operating beyond their carrying capacity. If it is not
taken care of majority of city main roads would be come dumps for vehicles (negligible or no
movement).
Parking has become a major problem particularly in old city. Blocked streets due to parking
is virtually choking the old city to death. Commercial areas in high density zones of city
don’t have adequate parking facilities resulting in spillovers to streets, thus adversely
affecting through traffic.
Large numbers of parking lots are encroached by informal activities and are also being used
as solid waste dumps.
Tourist spots like Fatehsagar boating point, Public Gardens, and marriage halls/plots etc. are
rapidly growing and are proving as a menace on account of traffic congestion due to
inadequate facilities for parking.
Road and junction development has also taken place in a very irregular fashion. Majority of
junctions have not been properly designed, adding to congestion and incidences of accident.
Few road intersections are controlled junctions as stated earliar. Moreover due to lack of
awareness and improper design people mostly disregard traffic lights are traffic police
personnel are invariably not present at site.
The stray cattle accountfor a major reason fortraffic congestion on city roads, and give rise to
accidents. Straying of cattle on city roads is a very common feature and a major cause for
traffic hazards.
Encroachment by shops (formal/ informal)
Encroachment of roads and footpath has come across as a major problem in smooth flow of
traffic. People have encroached upon ROW by construction of various type of structures.
Shopkeepers use the footpathsfor advertising, displaying their products etc.
Pedestrian System
There is a lack of good and reliable public transport system in Udaipur city. Mainly 3 modes
namely private bus, auto rickshaws and Shared Auto (Tempo) cater to needs of people. Mini
buses run by private operators do not have any fixed schedule and are not reliable.
Shared Autos haves well identified spots (stands) for loading and off-loading passengers, still
they stop anywhere and everywhere for potential passengers. More over in order to maximize
profits and also due to lack of fleet size these can be frequently seen carrying more
passengers than their capacity.
Udaipur falls on junction of NH8 and NH76. This has lead to large amount of traffic
(especially trucks and busses entering right into the heart of city. This is a major reason of
traffic congestion. Development of new bypass has relieved the city to a considerable extent;
still existence of wholesale markets within the heart of the city (which were according to
earlier plan outside walled city) attracts a substantial volume of truck traffic into city for
different purposes.
Rapid growth of vehicles has been observed in city and in absence of a good mass public
transportation system this is bound to increaseexponantially in years ahead.
Accident Zones
There are about 20153 street light poles in the city. Considering a total road length of about
822 km in UMC limits, the average spacing works out to be about 40.79m, which is a little
beyond standard norms of 30m. However there still is a big scope of improvement toproperly
illuminate the streets. The following table gives the details of various types of streetlights
existing in the city.
Considering the above figure, it can be concluded thatcity roads need additional streetlights .
More over in view of an additional road length of about 140 km being proposed in the
Transport Master Plan, it is expected that an addition 4700 street lights would be required by
the year, 2021. At the same time, replacing existing tube lights with sodium vapor lamps also
needs to be considered. Moreover Transport Master Plan has proposed development of at
least 34 new junctions out of which at least 20 junctions can be considered for being provided
with high mast lamps.
?? It will be desirable that UMC takes steps to address the following issues: -
?? Improve functioning of existing streetlights by proper maintenace and operation
?? Provide additional street lights on areas/zones which lack facility in this respect.
?? Adopt automatic switch for operation of streetlights
?? Explore possibility of solar energy as a source of electricity for street lights.
9.7 FIRE SERVICES
Fire service in any city are a very important part and have one of the most important role-
play in disaster management, preparedness and services for any city, and so is the case with
Udaipur. In spite of its importance it is one of the most neglected sectors of urban services, in
Udaipur, a in most cities of India.
In case of inadequacy of local body to provide adequate or timely fire services for a mishap,
fire tenders from Airport, Hindustan Zinc Limited and other Industries are called for services,
and vice versa.
Udaipur is a town of 10-15 km size (max. distance from one point to another, hence it should
take about 4 to 5 minutes for fire service to reach from any point of location to site of
burnout. However due to congestion on roads, lack of public awareness and civic sense, it
takes up to 10 minutes to reach the same location even in case of emergency. More over,
there is a large no. of areas in old city wards where in case of a burnout, it is extremely
difficult for fire tender to access the site.
In addition to above there is only one fire station to serve Udaipur. Whereas there is a
requirement of at least 10 more fire stations spread across the city in present scenario.
9.7.1 Access to Fire Station
Though the fire station is connected by wireless and hotline and it is functioning fairly well in
case of emergency, one thing observed was absence of proper accessibility for fire station to
main road. The present fire station is located inside a narrow street, behind a few residential
houses.
There is an Urgent need to look into this situation. As with increasing population in future
more service would be required and damages if any would also amount to large life and
property losses.
VI Street Lighting
1 Tube Lights (nos.) 17000 0 0
2 Sodium Vapour Lamps (nos.) 3153 4347 1194