The Water Body

About the Pond

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This pond sits at 155T, Sector 68, Gurugram, nestled between a residential colony and The Vivekananda School. It is officially mapped under Haryana's urban water body registry and is one of the remaining pieces of the natural drainage network that once sustained this landscape.

Over the years, the pond became a dumping ground for household waste, construction rubble, and debris. When the project began it was dry, compacted, and completely buried. The main excavation of the pond bed is now done. The banks are to be shaped next, and a plantation drive will follow.

Type

Urban Water Body

District

Gurugram (MCG)

Coordinates

28.392056°N 77.035325°E

Status

Restoration in Progress

Badshahpur Pond before restoration: rubble, plastic and household waste over dry ground, April 2026

Before restoration, April 2026

Excavated, October 2026

Location

The Pond and Its Surroundings

The pond sits between three kinds of land: high-rise housing and a school to the west, village housing to the north, and open scrub and farmland to the east and south. A second pond, a johad, lies about 520 m to the north-east.

A drawn map with north at the top. The pond lies at the centre, just east of Tulip Violet Road. High-rise housing and The Vivekananda School lie to the west, Darbaripur village and a second pond to the north and north-east, and open scrub and farmland to the east and south. Rings mark 100, 250 and 500 metres from the pond. — Drawn by the Blue Patch Initiative in October 2026 from a satellite view (Google Maps; imagery ©2026 Airbus, CNES / Airbus, Maxar Technologies). North is at the top. Tree cover is traced from the image, buildings are simplified and distances are approximate. See the satellite view in Google Maps

Badshahpur Pond. The project site at 28.392056°N, 77.035325°E. The dashed line is the plot and the blue shape is the pond, placed from the layout plan and the geotags of site photographs, so its position is approximate.
1The Vivekananda School. About 120 m to the south-west, across the road.
2Tulip Violet. Residential towers about 100 m to the west, across the road. Tulip Lemon lies beyond them to the north-west and Tulip Yellow to the north.
3Darbaripur Road. About 290 m to the north, lined with village housing.
4Johad. A second pond, about 520 m to the north-east.
5Farmland. Cultivated fields from about 250 m to the east and south-east.
6Open land. Scrub and vacant plots adjoining the site to the east and south.
760 Meter Road. A main sector road about 480 m to the west, with shopping centres along it.

The Design

The Planned Layout

This is the layout planned for the finished pond. The basin has been excavated. The banks, planted shelf, inlets, outlet and planting are still to be built.

Proposed layout plan of Badshahpur Pond, drawn as an architectural plan with north at the top and the road on the west. The three-lobed pond has a pathway, a single entry, a gazebo and benches. Two inlets on the west and south-west each have a screen, a silt trap and a forebay. An overflow weir and pipe on the south-east set the top water level. The banks have a planted upper slope and a planted shelf. A ramp runs from the entry to the bed, a railing follows the pathway edge, and native trees stand on the boundary. — Proposed layout plan, revised October 2026. Concept, not to scale. Sizes, levels and the final planting list are being settled with the project's architects. Select the drawing to open it at full size.

What is planned

Water in. Two inlets, each with a screen for litter, a chamber where silt settles, and a stone-lined forebay at the foot of the bank.
Water out. An overflow weir that sets the top water level below the pathway, with a pipe to a drain or safe ground.
Banks. A planted upper slope, then a level planted shelf just under the overflow level, right round the pond.
Bed. Natural soil, left unlined so that water can seep down to the aquifer.
Access and safety. A single entry from the road, a pathway round the pond with a railing, and a ramp to the bed for yearly desilting.
Planting. Native trees on the boundary, a native hedge and shrub garden, vetiver and munj grass on the bank, and cattail, reed and sweet flag on the shelf.