Bhubaneswar: The water level in Hirakud dam was 625.10 ft at 6 am on Thursday. The water level in the reservoir was 626.12 ft at 8 pm on Wednesday and 626.17 ft at 6 pm on Wednesday.
At 6 am on Thursday, the inflow at the reservoir was 4,66,574 lakh cusecs of water from the Mahanadi river’s upstream while the outflow was 6,76,227 cusecs of water to the river’s downstream.
The Mahanadi at Naraj near Cuttack was flowing at 26.95 metres at 6 am on Thursday against the danger level of 26.41 metres.
Release of excess floodwaters of the river has already inundated large areas in its downstream and further flooding will only worsen the situation in the affected areas.
Drone footage of swollen #Mahanadi at #Mundali barrage in #Cuttack district #OdishaFloods #FloodSituation #FloodUpdates #WATCH pic.twitter.com/UcnIydBOVz
— Debadas Pradhan (@pradhandebadas) August 17, 2022
Hirakud dam status: 6 am, Thursday
Water level: 625.10 ft
Inflow: 4,66,574 cusecs
Outflow: 6,76,227 cusecs
Gates open: 40
Discharge (In cusecs)
Mundali: 10,18,372
Khairmal: 8,70,000
Barmul: 9,07,500
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Hirakud dam status: 6 pm, Wednesday
Water level: 626.17 ft
Inflow: 5,80,640 cusecs
Outflow: 6,69,583 cusecs
Gates open: 40
Discharge (In cusecs)
Mundali: 10,57,000
Khairmal: 9,48,000
Barmul: 8,97,000
