Environmental Flows of Ganga

The Central Government on October 10, 2018 notified the minimum environmental flows for River Ganga that has to be maintained at various locations on the river.

Aviral Flow of the River

• Environmental flows are the acceptable flow regimes that are required to maintain a river in the desired environmental state or predetermined state.
• The notification issued by the Government will ensure that the river has at least the minimum required environmental flow of water even after the river flow gets diverted by projects and structures for purposes like irrigation, hydropower, domestic and industrial use, etc. This is an important step ....