Jahajwali River is one of the smallest rivers in the Aravalli hills of

Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...

. It originates in Umri Deori, Guwada in Rajgarh Tahsil of Alwar district in Rajesthan state, India. It covers total geographic area of 89 km². The river flows a distance of 20 km via ridge to valley. This river outflows through India lifelines of Tildah river,

Sava The Sava (; , ; sr-cyr, Сава, hu, Száva) is a river in Central and Southeast Europe, a right-bank and the longest tributary of the Danube. It flows through Slovenia, Croatia and along its border with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and finally th ...

river than it joins to Bhanganga and Gambir river, than meet

Yamuna river The Yamuna ( Hindustani: ), also spelt Jumna, is the second-largest tributary river of the Ganges by discharge and the longest tributary in India. Originating from the Yamunotri Glacier at a height of about on the southwestern slopes of Ban ...

and all these rivers finally meet at

Ganga river The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...

. It flows from east to west slopes in Guwada, Bhakala and Umri Deori villages than it moves direction towards south west and outflows in Tildah Dam. Jahajwali river comes under Sariskha Tiger Reserve and 3 villages (Guwada, Bhakala and Devari) comes in core zone area. River is covered a unique

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s. 1st order streams 15 nos, 2nd streams 2 nos and only 1, 3rd streams. In 1985 river was dried due to

deforestation Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. The most concentrated d ...

and

water scarcity Water scarcity (closely related to water stress or water crisis) is the lack of fresh water Water resources, resources to meet the standard water demand. There are two types of water scarcity: physical or economic water scarcity. Physical water ...

. To rejuvenate the Jahajwali river Tarun Bharath Singh (TBS) initiated soil and water conservation activities with community participation in the catchment areas and finally 126 no’s water harvesting structures created to revival the Jahajwali river. Adjoining rivers to Jahajwali river right side and west direction Bhagani river flows and south side Tildah River these both rivers joint in Sava river. In this river basin annual rainfall 620 mm and 90% of the rains in the monsoon season.

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