The civic body is still depending on five decade old water sources. The erstwhile Junagadh State had set up a perfect water supply scheme for only some 40,000 people. But after 50 years, when the population of the city has increased some ten folds, the water supply has not even increased twice fold.

Junagadh city is supplied water from Wellington Dam and Hasnapur Dam. These dams have gathered clay cutting down on the dams' storage capacity. The small Anandpur dam, another water source does not fall under the category of dam as it is only a small check dam. Every monsoon this dam overflows five times. The water stored in this dam lasts for three months only. The authorities have never thought about desiltation and increasing the storage capacity of it.

The Wellington Dam located at the foot of Dattar mountains on the outskirts of the city is a big water source for the city. The Last nawab of Junagadh, Mohabbatkhanji III had constructed it. The dam was named after an Englishman Freeman Thomas, Earl of Wellington who opened the dam on January 10, 1936. The dam was designed by E W Proctor. It's catchment area covers 1.6 sq miles and its storage capacity is 20,00,00,000 gallons of water. The dam constructed at Rs 8 lakh at that time has its catchment area supplemented by 15 feeder lines from nearby Khodiyar catchment.

But here also the dam's catchment area is filled with stones and clay which were never cleared.

Besides this dam, other water source like Uparkot Tank, (1,40,00000 gls) Khodiyar main dam (60,00,000 gls) pick up water (2,10,00,000 gLS) Bhavnath tank (2,90,00,000 gls) and Chamundri Tank (2,50,00.000 gls) were the main water sources.

Hansapur dam constructed in Dervan village near Junagadh some 30 years ago not on a river but between two hills overflows if water rises to a height of 34 feet. Although if this dam gets full water during any rain, the water will be sufficient for two years, but in some 30 years the dam overflowed only six times.

Water taken by civic body from three deep wells supply water to some areas in Junagadh. But in summer these wells have dried up. The ground water table has gone down so deep that today groundwater is not available even at 400 feet deep on the outskirts of Junagadh city. Poor management is also a reason for this water crisis. In some areas water does not flow through pipelines while some are using electric motors for extracting water from these lines thus affecting supply severely.

When contacted nagarpalika's president Satish Captain said, "there are sufficient water stock in Junagadh but due to city's typical hilly geographical location it is not possible to supply water in full pressure in all areas of the city." But he assured that unless there is power failure, there will be uninterrupted water supply in the city.

Meanwhile, at Uparkot water supply, 11 out of the 12 big tanks have dried up. Due to low water level in Wellington and Anandipur dams, drawing water from these sources have also fallen down. Water is now lifted from Hasnapur Dam only.