{"id":56880,"date":"2025-07-26T15:18:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T09:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=56880"},"modified":"2025-07-26T15:40:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T10:10:16","slug":"environmental-flow-e-flow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/environmental-flow-e-flow\/","title":{"rendered":"Environmental Flow (e-flow)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Environmental Flow (e-flow) Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Union Jal Shakti Minister led a comprehensive meeting focused on the environmental flow (e-flow) of the Ganga River and its tributaries.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Environmental Flow<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Environmental flow refers to the <\/span><b>quantity, timing, and quality of water flow<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> required to <\/span><b>sustain freshwater ecosystems<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and the livelihoods that depend on them.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Problems in Indian Rivers e-Flow<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In recent decades, extensive interventions in river flow\u2014such as the construction of dams and barrages, pollution, and encroachments\u2014have <\/span><b>severely impacted the ecological balance of rivers.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To address these issues, the concept of &#8220;Environmental Flow&#8221; has been introduced, emphasizing the need to maintain a minimum water flow to ensure the health of river ecosystems.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Significance of Environmental flow<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is critical for maintaining the ecological integrity of rivers and their estuaries.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E-flow also ensures significant benefits for human welfare, especially in areas where water use is highly competitive and regulated.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">E-Flow studies\u00a0 consider the habitat and flow requirements of key fish species to ensure the survival of aquatic life and balanced river flow.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This contributes to <\/span><b>long-term ecological and economic benefits for society<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2148018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PIB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental flow (e-flow) refers to the quantity, timing, and quality of water flow required to sustain freshwater ecosystems and the livelihoods that depend on them. 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