Sambalpur: The inflow of water in the Hirakud dam has started reducing on Sunday, Special Relief Commissioner Pradeep Jena informed.
The expected peak flood flow will be around 10 lakh cusecs at Mundali which may continue for a day till Monday forenoon due to continuous high inflow for long-duration from Chhattisgarh, SRC Jena said.
The inflow and outflow at 4am on Sunday was 8,02,598 cusecs and 7,64,479 cusecs, as compared to 8,85,291 cusecs and 6,94,704 cusecs, respectively on Saturday.
The water level of the reservoir stands at 627.85 feet as against its full capacity of 630 feet.
Floodwater is now being released through 46 gates of the Hirakud dam. The inflow and outflow of water were recorded at 8,02,539 cusecs/second and 7,64,419 cusecs/second respectively.
Bhubaneswar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Divisional Railway Manager (Waltair Division), Visakhapatnam,…
Bhunbaneswar: Vigilance sleuths on Monday launched simultaneous raids at four places linked to Subash Chandra…
Bhubaneswar: The 10th National Children’s Literary Festival 2024 at KIIT International School began on a…
Bhubaneswar: Dr Achyuta Samanta, the Founder of KIIT and KISS, has been conferred the prestigious…
Sambalpur: In a tragic incident, three elephants died reportedly due to electrocution after coming in…
New Delhi: Amid reports that Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is seriously ill, the Iranian supreme leader…
New Delhi: The air pollution level in the national capital reached the ‘severe plus’ category…
Why Chilika's Irrawaddy dolphin population matters On the surface, the Irrawaddy dolphin appears to be…