Cuttack: The first flood waters that had been released from Hirakud Dam on Sunday reached Mundali barrage in early morning hours of Tuesday.
According to reports, the first flood water arrived between 1 am and 2 am. Flood control rooms at Mundli and Naraj barrages are on alert. By 6 am on Tuesday morning, 1 lakh 60 thousand 928 cubic meters of water had reached the barrage.
While the down stream flow of water is 77.60 cubic meters, the off stream flow is 81.60 64 cubic meters. The flood water is still under the danger mark.
Hirakud Dam in Odisha’s Sambalpur district released season’s flood water on July 28, informed the officials. The sluice gates of the dam were opened after the ceremonial puja which was held at 8 am. A total of 20 sluice gates will be opened today in a phase wise manner.
SRC has instructed Collectors of Sambalpur, Sonepur, Nayagarh, Puri, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapara to remain alert and monitor the situation.
As per reports, the water level of Hirakud dam on Sunday stood at 614.93 ft against the full reservoir level of 630 ft. The inflow of water into the reservoir was 3,16,611 cusec every second.
