Sambalpur: Hirakud dam released the season's first floodwater through 20 gates on Sunday. Dam authorities, though, said there ...

The beauty of the Hirakud Dam Reservoir attracts thousands of tourists from across the region and from neighbouring states. To attract tourists, Hirakud Mahotsav will now be held on the bank of ...

Authorities at Hirakud Dam in Odisha commenced the release of the season's first floodwaters, following a traditional puja.

Following discharge of huge volume of water from Hirakud dam, 10 to 10.5 lakh cusec of water is likely to flow through Munduli shortly which may trigger a medium level flood in the Mahanadi delta ...

Odisha govt taking steps to contain Mahanadi flood, closes more gates in Hirakud dam Odisha Mahanadi flood: A total 13 districts in the state have already been affected by flood and Monday night ...

Bhubaneswar, Aug. 17: As thousands of flood-hit people cry out for help, the focus has turned once more on the 4.8-km dam-cum-reservoir over the Mahanadi river at Hirakud near Sambalpur. Reckoned ...

The water level in Mahanadi continued to swell on Wednesday flooding some low-lying areas in Sambalpur, Boudh and Subarnapur districts. More areas in several districts of coastal Odisha are likely ...

Additional chief secretary-cum-special relief commissioner P.K. Jena told The Telegraph that Odisha was likely to face a “medium kind of flood” from the ongoing rain instead of a severe one thanks to ...

With the water level in Hirakud Dam rising due to incessant rain in upper catchments of Mahanadi river, the authorities opened 20 gates on Thursday to release excess water from the reservoir.

The Hirakud dam, the longest earthen dam in the country, was built in 1957 at the confluence of the Mahanadi and Ib rivers, making it India’s first post-independence major multi-purpose river ...

The water level of the Hirakud Dam reservoir has been increasing following incessant rains in the upper catchment area of river Mahanadi. The water level reached 607.97 ft by 9.00 am on Friday.

In view of heavy water inflow into the Hirakud reservoir following heavy downpours in upper catchment areas of Mahanadi river, the dam authorities opened seven more gates on Monday to release the ...