Hirakud dam opens three sluice gates to release flood water

Sambalpur: In view of rise of water level at Hirakud dam in Odisha’s Sambalpur district, the authorities today opened three sluice gates to release excess floodwater from the reservoir.

Currently, the water-level of the reservoir is at 622.8 ft against the storage capacity of 630 ft. The average inflow of water at the reservoir was recorded at 1.60 lakh cusec.

The dam authorities had closed all gates of the reservoir on August 23.