{"id":27546,"date":"2026-04-17T15:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27546"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:43:25","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T10:13:25","slug":"water-hyacinth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/water-hyacinth\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Hyacinth"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Water Hyacinth Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rapid return of water hyacinth in the Mula-Mutha River, barely weeks after clean-up drives, has renewed concerns over the lack of a long-term solution.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Water Hyacinth<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>free-floating, aquatic plant <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the pickerelweed family.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Eichhornia crassipes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>native<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>tropical regions of South America <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is <\/span><b>now present on all continents except Antarctica.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the <\/span><b>world\u2019s most serious water weeds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because of its <\/span><b>aggressive, fast-growing <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nature.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water hyacinth<\/span><b> grows in tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">climates. It <\/span><b>grows best in still or slow-flowing fresh water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with<\/span><b> high nutrient levels.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under favourable conditions it can<\/span><b> double its mass every 5 days.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can <\/span><b>form dense mats <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that <\/span><b>reduce the water quality, change water flows,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>increase sediment.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>crowds out native aquatic plants<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and animals, altering ecosystems, <\/span><b>destroying habitats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>blocking irrigation systems.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Cutting <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a water <\/span><b>hyacinth plant into pieces will not kill<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it. The <\/span><b>plants can reproduce using <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a process called <\/span><b>fragmentation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Each plant also produces thousands of seeds each year.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This plant varies in size from a few inches to over three feet tall.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have <\/span><b>showy lavender flowers,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the <\/span><b>leaves <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are <\/span><b>rounded and leathery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, attached to spongy and sometimes inflated stalks.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>introduced to India during the British colonial rule as an ornamental aquatic plant <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from South America.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Uses:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plant has been used as a <\/span><b>biofertilizer <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in some organic agriculture practices.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The plant produces<\/span><b> beautiful purple flowers <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that have high <\/span><b>aesthetic value.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is<\/span><b> rich in fibrous stems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><b>can be processed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into a <\/span><b>wide array of handbags, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">interior<\/span><b> decorative material,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> table mats, baskets, and other products.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been <\/span><b>reported that this plant <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is a <\/span><b>good phytoremediation species, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">suggesting it has the<\/span><b> ability to trap and remove toxic metabolites <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and harmful <\/span><b>heavy metals from water.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Key Facts about Mula-Mutha River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The River Mula and Mutha are very important <\/span><b>rivers passing through <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the centre of <\/span><b>Pune <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">city.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Mula and Mutha Rivers originate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the <\/span><b>Sahyadri ranges.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River Mula originates from Mulshi Dam, which forms Mulshi Lake. River Mutha originates from Panshet Dam via Khadakwasla Dam.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They<\/span><b> traverse across Pune<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> city and <\/span><b>form the Mula-Mutha River, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which <\/span><b>eventually joins<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Bhima River.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cities\/pune-news\/hyacinth-returns-to-mula-mutha-river-despite-repeated-clean-ups-residents-demand-lasting-fix-101776364632026.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Water Hyacinth is a free-floating, aquatic plant in the pickerelweed family. 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