Sources in Water Resources department said that about 7 lakh cusecs of water per second would pass through the Mundali barrage by Thursday afternoon.
In Cuttack district, the floodwater has entered several areas in Banki and Athagarh sub-divisions. In Athagarh sub-division, the floodwater was flowing at a height of 4 feet over the Huluhula bridge between Subarnapur and Ratagada village in Uttarabanki block. Road communication between Uttarabanki and some panchayats in Tigiria block has been cut off due to overflowing of floodwater on Sompada-Badabandhiani road. Besides, road connection to Ratagada, Gopalpur, Lochanpur, Bandala, Khandahata, Gadadhar and Baunsaput villages has also been disrupted. Several acres of paddy fields in Athagarh block have been submerged by the floodwater.
Meanwhile, the water level of the Hirakud dam was 622.69 feet. While the inflow was 4,49,081 cusecs per second, the outflow was 4,10, 417 cusecs per second.
Meanwhile, following less inflow of water from the upper catchments, the Hirakud Dam authorities on Thursday afternoon closed five gates. At present the floodwater is being discharged from 20 gates. The dam authorities decided to close down five gates after getting information from the Water Resources department of Chhattisgarh. Due to less rainfall in the upper catchments in the last 24 hours, the volume of water inflow to the Hirakud dam has come down substantially.
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