Sukhdevji ka Jhalra was begun in Vikram Samvat 1775 (1718 CE) by Trivadi Sukhdevji, a Marwar scholar of equine medicine and a member of the state’s public-works department, to answer the water scarcity of Marwar. It took close to a hundred years and four generations to finish, and was consecrated in VS 1885 (1829 CE) by his great-grandson Motiram. Three hundred years on, it is unlisted and unmaintained.
We found the tank surface sealed under algae and floating waste, with rubble and refuse tipped over the step runs.
Our Approach to This Project
Volunteers spread along the step runs and worked the tank edge inward. Everything lifted out passed up the same steps and was sorted on the terrace above. By the end of the first day, the algae mat and the rubble bank were gone, the water surface was open, and the step runs on both sides were walkable again.
More than 160 residents, students and local volunteers joined across two shramdaan visits, and several neighbourhood families have stayed on as site custodians. Six Rajasthan dailies carried the work, which is how the second round of volunteers, and the first offers of local support, reached us.
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