With rise in water level following incessant rain in upper catchment area of river Mahanadi, the Hirakud dam released the season’s first flood water today.
After performing a ceremonial puja at the dam’s site, the authorities opened one sluice gate to discharge the water and subsequently opened four more gates.
The dam opened three sluice gates at around 12 noon following a ceremonial Puja at the dam’s site in the presence of several district officials. The flood water released by the dam will reach Mundali barrage in next 36 hours.
Around 3 lakh cusecs of water will be released into the Mahandi River from the reservoir,
the dam authorities alerted Collectors of all districts located on the banks of Mahanadi. The villagers in low lying areas of the reservoir have been alerted about a possible flood like situation.
The authorities also warned the local residents for not to venture into Mahandi River today.
The water level in the reservoir had reached to about 617.60 feet at 6 AM today while the dam has a capacity of holding water upto 630 feet. We will Open total 15 Gates today.The inflow of water into the reservoir is 1.50 lakh cusecs while the outflow is 11, 846 cusecs said “Hirakud Chief Engineer Jyotirmaya Rath
