Heavy discharge of flood water from Hirakud dam, Samabalpur & Heavy rain over the past 2-3 days has resulted flood situation in Orissa. 53 sluice gates of Hirakud dam are opened to discharge. 10 lakh cusec of water flowed into Hirakud dam. Water level touched 627.5 feet as against the reservoir level of 630 ft.
P.K Mohapatra( Special Relief Commissioner) told “ The reservoir can sustain max 629 ft water. If required more gates will be opened “. The authorities today opened 17 more gates due to excess inflow from Chhattishgarh. 36 gates were opened yesterday. Mahanadi delta area comprising four districts of Cuttack, Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur and Jajpur can be affected very much & Govt is trying their best to tackle all situation. Districts like Nayagarh, Puri, Sambalpur, Sonepur and Boudh could also be affected due to the flood in Mahanadi river system. Next two days will be very critical for the state.
Death toll due to flood rose to two with a fresh casualty in Aul area of Kendrapara district. "A six-year-old girl identified as Chuni Das was swept away in river Baitarani," said Kendrapara Collector P K Patnaik. District authorities of Sambalpur, Bolangir, Sonepur, Boudh, Nayagarh, Angul, Cuttack, Puri, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara and Khurda have been asked to be on guard.
