"Drawing of water after the level goes below 595 feet is unauthorized. We had also asked these industrial houses to have their own water arrangement," Hirakud dam executive engineer R K Panda said ...

SAMBALPUR: The Hirakud dam authorities have asked industrial houses in Jharsuguda and Sambalpur districts to stop drawing water from the reservoir in view of water scarcity. Sending notices to at ...

Currently, there are 98 gates, including 64 sluice gates and 34 crest gates, to discharge flood water from the dam. The existing capacity to discharge the flood water from 98 gates is 15 lakh cusecs.