Environment and Ecology
E-flow Monitoring System
▪ Union Jal Shakti Ministry recently launched an e-flow (Environmental Flow) ecological monitoring system.
▪ It allows the real-time monitoring of water quality of Ganga, Yamuna and their tributaries and check performance of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs)
▪ The system was developed by the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG).
▪ The system also monitors the activities of ‘Namami Gange Programme’
Note
▪ NMCG (2011) – Implementation arm of National Ganga Council (2016).
▪ ‘Namami Gange Programme’ (June 2014) – An Integrated Conservation Mission with twin objectives of effective abatement of pollution, conservation and rejuvenation of River Ganga.
