Sambalpur, August 28: The water level has reached an alarming level in Hiruakud Dam Reservoir and the dam authorities have opened 24 sluice gates to release flood waters.
As on Friday morning, the inflow of water into the reservoir was 6.56 lakh cusec and the water level stood at 625 ft against the full reservoir level of 630 ft.
Currently, 3.35 lakh cusec water is being released through 24 sluice gates.
We are closely monitoring the situation. If required, we will take a call on opening more gates to release flood water, said Chief Engineer of Upper Mahanadi Basin Sunil Nayak.