Locals of Lava Ka Bas and some nearby villages have decided to fight any move by the Rajasthan government to demolish the Johad earthen dam). The Rajasthan Irrigation Department served an ultimatum to the Tarun Bharat Sangh to demolish this Johad or face legal action. Their plea was that the structure was illegal and in violation of the 1910 agreement between the princely states of Bharatpur and Alwar over the distribution of the water of river Ruparel. Ironically the stream which is in question is only one per cent of the total catchment of the rRparel’s 3250 square kilometres.
