3 days since there was no flood in the upper reaches, 20 gates of Hirakud were closed, and 20 were opened
Sambalpur: 20 gates of Hirakud Dam were closed in 5 phases between Thursday and Friday. Since last 16th evening, 40 Sluice gates of Hirakud were open, while more than 6 lakh 70 thousand cubic feet of water was being discharged per second. It has been 3 days since the upper end of the rains stopped and the fear of more flood water is far away. At that time, an average of 2 lakh 78 thousand 299 cusecs of water was entering the reservoir, while 3 lakh 50 thousand 100 cusecs was discharged. 3,15,840 cusecs through the gate, 32,221 cusecs through the power channel, 1,787 cusecs through various canals, 252 cusecs of water was being withdrawn for the industries. Decided to stop that. 8 gates were closed in 12 phases on Thursday and 2 phases on Friday. As the discharge is more than the water inflow, the water level is gradually decreasing. At 9 pm on Friday, the water level in Hirakud was 621.54 feet. 22 thousand cusecs in Belgaon, 14.271 cusecs in Patla, 6 lakh 38 thousand cusecs in Khairmal, 7 lakh 70 thousand cusecs in Barmul, 9 lakh 33 thousand 500 cusecs in Mundali were flowing at the time of August 20, 2022. In the last 24 hours, an average of 3.08 mm and 23.37 mm of rain at the upper end of the Hirakud Dam and 23.37 mm at the lower end of the Hirakud Dam control room have been revealed.
