Hirakud reservoir built across river Mahanadi in Sambalpur is one of the earliest major multi-purpose river valley projects of India. Spanning an area of 743 sq km when full, the dam and dykes ...

Work for construction of an additional spillway at Hirakud Dam in Odisha will commence soon, enhancing the flood water discharge capacity of the reservoir, officials said.     A nine-member team ...

The Hirakud Dam in Odisha is the longest dam in India. It controls floods, provides irrigation, and generates electricity for ...

Sambalpur: A first-year engineering student of Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology (VSSUT) in Burla drowned in the ...

Bhubaneswar: The state govt has decided to undertake three important projects related to the Hirakud dam under the Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP), Phase III, by investing Rs ...