Hirakud Dam

Bhubaneswar: The target to bring the water level at Hirakud Dam below 622 ft by 12 noon has been achieved and floodwaters are currently being discharged from 20 gates,  Special Relief…

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to close eight gates of Hirakud Dam following a drop in the inflow of water into the reservoir due to a decrease in rainfall in the upper and…

Bhubaneswar: To keep a check on the current flood situation, a few sluice gates of Hirakud dam are likely to be closed after 3 pm, Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) Pradeep Jena said on…

Sambalpur: A decision on closing sluice gates of Hirakud Dam reservoir in Odisha's Sambalpur will be taken this evening, Water Resources Engineer-in-Chief (EIC) Bijay Kumar Mishra informed…

Bhubaneswar: The next few hours are crucial, when the flood situation in Odisha is likely to touch its peak level, Bijay Kumar Mishra, Engineer-in-Chief, state Water Resources Department,…

Sambalpur: In order to control the flood situation in low-lying areas of the Mahanadi river system, the Hirakud dam authorities closed eight sluice gates on Monday. At present, the excess…

Bhubaneswar: With the water level of the Hirakud reservoir in Odisha’s Sambalpur rising since Wednesday, the authorities opened a total of 34 sluice gates as of Sunday to release excess…

Sambalpur: With the water level of the Hirakud reservoir in Odisha’s Sambalpur rising since Wednesday, the authorities opened eight more sluice gates on Saturday to release excess…

Sambalpur: As the water level of the Hirakud reservoir in Odisha’s Sambalpur is rising since Wednesday, the authorities opened six more sluice gates on Friday to release excess floodwaters.…

Sambalpur: The Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) team on Monday recovered the bodies of two missing persons, Abhishek Kumar and Mahesh Chitturi who went missing after drowning in…