With an absence of waste segregation, processing and scientific disposal facilities, the city's lakes have been facing increased levels of pollution, thereby threatening an ecological degradation. The city lacks an organised sewerage system and treatment facility for the solid wastes and sewage generated. Watershed or the catchment areas include :
At present, Arvind Singh Mewar is the 76th custodian of the Mewar dynasty. Being a mountainous region and unsuitable for heavily armoured Mughal horses, Udaipur remained safe from Mughal influence despite much pressure. Udaipur remained the capital of the state, which became a princely state of British India in 1818. In November 1567, the Mughal emperor Akbar laid siege to the venerated fort of Chittor.Īs the Mughal empire weakened, the Sisodia rulers, reasserted their independence and recaptured most of Mewar except for Chittor. Udai Singh II consequently established a residence on the site. The hermit blessed the king and guided him to build a palace on the spot, assuring him it would be well protected. Ayad was flood-prone, hence he chose the ridge east of Pichola Lake to start his new capital city, where he came upon a hermit while hunting in the foothills of the Aravalli Range. Maharana Udai Singh II, in the wake of 16th century emergence of artillery warfare, decided during his exile at Kumbhalgarh to move his capital to a more secure location. The Girwa region was thus already well-known to Chittaud rulers who moved to it whenever the vulnerable tableland Chittaurgarh was threatened with enemy attacks. This area already had a thriving trading town, Ayad, which had served as capital of Mewar in the 10th through 12th centuries. The city was established as the new capital of the Mewar kingdom. Udaipur was founded in 1559 by Maharana Udai Singh II in the fertile circular Girwa Valley to the southwest of Nagda, on the Banas River. Statue of Maharana Pratap of Mewar, commemorating the Battle of Haldighati. Known for its history, culture, scenic locations and the Rajput-era palaces, Udaipur was also voted as the best city in the world in 2009 by the Travel + Leisure magazine. Udaipur is a very popular tourist destination. It remained as the capital city till 1818 when it became a British princely state, and thereafter the Mewar province became a part of Rajasthan when India gained independence in 1947. Maharana Udai Singh of the Sisodia clan of Rajputs founded the city in 1559 AD and shifted his capital from the city of Chittorgarh to Udaipur. It is the historic capital of the kingdom of Mewar in the former Rajputana Agency.
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