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| Major flood threatens Mahanadi |
| Major flood threatens Mahanadi system in Orissa
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| INDIA
, 18-September-2008
6:7:9 AM |
| Heavy rains in its lower catchment has triggered a major flood situation in the Mahanadi system in Orissa as high alert was sounded in four coastal districts, official sources said.
"We are apprehending a major flood in the Mahanadi system as a huge volume of water is heading downstream," Chief Secretary Ajit Kumar Tripathy told reporters.
Quoting Water Resources Department sources, Tripathy said, 14 lakh cusecs of water was expected to reach the Naraj delta head by Friday morning.
The embankments of the Mahanadi and its branches criss-crossing the coastal deltaic plains have a capacity to safely contain about 12 lakh cusecs of water, but if it is more then it could cause problems, he said.
While the Hirakud reservoir, built on the Mahanadi, was receiving 3,49,231 cusecs of water following heavy rains in Chhattisgarh, several sluices were opened to drain out 2,59,697 cusecs. "More sluices are likely to be opened," Hirakud control room sources said.
The flood was caused by heavy rains in the Mahanadi's lower catchment area below the Hirakud dam spread over the undivided Kalahandi and Balangir districts, the sources said.
The water level at the Hirakud dam stood at 629.73 feet against its maximum capacity of 630 feet.
The heavy precipitation in the lower catchment region flooded tributaries of the Mahanadi, Udanti, Hati and Tel rivers.
According to the Meteorological Department, the highest rainfall of 27 cm was recorded at Patnagarh and Kantamal during the last 24 hours followed by Titilagarh (25 cm), Rairakhol (24 cm), Kotagarh (23 cm) and Sambalpur city (22cm).
Reports said that flood waters entered Boudh, Sonepur and Athamallick and other towns located on edge of the Mahanadi river in western Orissa.
The chief secretary said that the Water Resources department has been directed to immediately focus on the vulnerable points on river embankments and attend them within six hours.
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