Moreover, the degradation of most of these water bodies have occurred in a span of a decade.
To make sure that there is no action on the encroachments that have taken place, the land sharks have resorted to the tactics of building religious structures so that no destruction takes place.
Other purposes for which the large area of land has been utilised include building of community centre, cowsheds, parks, commercial zones and even parking lot exclusively for the corporates.
The ancient Sukhrali village pond, a rare pond situated in the centre of the city, has survived from being taken over by the real estate sharks unlike other ponds in the village that have been urbanised.
However, the residents of Sukhrali do not feel very happy at the state of maintenance of the pond and rather want it to be converted into a park or a sports ground for training.
Chief Minister ML Khattar during the recent budget session also acknowledged the concerns of falling ground water reserve in Gurugram.
On the part of urban renewal of ponds, the Gurugram civic body will start working on the revival of three ponds namely Basai, Jahajgarh and Sukhrali.
Not only was there a reduction in water bodies but also there was over exploitation of ground water reserves.
In 1974, the ground water in Gurugram can be traced at six meters below the ground level.
Water scarcity in large parts of the city has resulted in the growth of tanker mafia where water is sold to the resident at exorbitant rates.