Sambalpur: The Hirakud dam authorities on Wednesday opened one more sluice gate of the dam to release the excess water. With this, there are two gates open at present.
Earlier, the authorities had decided to open one sluice gates to release excess floodwater from the reservoir.
Isolated places of Odisha have been receiving heavy rains for the past few days resulting in overflowing of water bodies and causing trouble for people in commuting due to submersion of roads in the floodwaters
