Bhubaneswar: The inflow into the Hirakud dam has started to decline since the wee hours of today morning. It is expected to further reduce in the course of the day.
Special Relief Commissioner Pradeep Jena shared the information via his Twitter handle.
The inflow today at 4 am was 8,02,598 cusecs in comparison to 8,85,291 cusecs yesterday. The outflow, meanwhile, has increased to 7,64,479 cusecs which were 6,94,704 cusecs yesterday.
The dam’s 46 of its 64 sluice gates remained open on Sunday as well to release the excess floodwater. The water level of the reservoir stands at 627.85 feet as against its full capacity of 630 feet
Jena added, “Expected peak flood flow will be about 10 lakh cusecs at Munduli which may continue for a day till tomorrow forenoon due to continuous very high inflow (of floodwater) for a long duration from Chhattisgarh.”
