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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BHUBANESWAR: As the lower Mahanadi basin is likely to see floods following heavy rain in the upper catchment area and the opening of a total of 34 sluice gates of the Hirakud reservoir, the state ...

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 ...