Six more gates opened at Hirakud Dam
Six more gates opened at Hirakud Dam
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Sambalpur: Following weighty precipitation in the upper catchments of the Mahanadi, the specialists of the Hirakud Dam on Wednesday opened six more floodgate doors.
Boss Engineer of Hirakud Dam Anand Chandra Sahu educated that the water level regarding the dam at 9 am was 628.10 feet against the full repository level of 630 feet while the inflow and outpouring of the floodwater were 2,68,081 cusecs and 1,26,551 cusecs separately.
The release of the floodwaters in the lower catchments was 4.71 lakh cusecs at Khairmal, 5,54,250 cusecs at Barmul and 6,37,585 cusecs at Mundali, he added.
An aggregate of 12 doors have been opened so far to release the flootwaters.
As indicated by the state Emergency Operations Center (EOC), the Mahanadi was streaming close to the risk mark at Naraj, Devi at Alipingal, Ib at Sundargarh, Brahmani at Panposh and Jenapur and Subarnarekha at Rajghat.
Then again, the water level of Jalaka has additionally gone up to 6.54 meters at Mathani against the risk characteristic of 5.5 meters.
