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Hirakud Dam has been awarded as the best-maintained project and structure

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Bhubaneswar:20/2/20: Hirakud Dam, that is built across the Mahanadi River in Odisha has been awarded as the best-maintained project and structure by the Central Board of Irrigation & Power.

The reservoir was chosen in the category for the regular upkeep of the dam, since 1957 and for improving the efficiency of the dam.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik congratulated the State Department of Water Resources for being awarded

The Hirakud Dam was built in 1957. This dam is one of the longest man-made dams in the world and one of the world’s longest earthen dams. The length of the dam is about 16 mi (26 km) and 55 km long. Hirakud Dam is the first major multipurpose river valley project that started after India’s Independence.

The Hirakud Dam is a composite structure of the earth, concrete, and stonework, about 15 km from north of Sambalpur. It has a length of around 24 km including dykes and stands across the river Mahanadi. Originally the dam length was about 4.8 km between two hills; on the left side Lamdungri and at the right Chandili Dunguri. The dam edge is about 21km of earthen dykes on the both left and right sides, closing the low saddles beyond the adjacent hills.

Hirakud Dam is the biggest artificial lake in Asia, with a reservoir holding around 743 km² at complete capacity, and water’s edge is about 639 km. On each side of the hills two observation towers has been built, one tower named as “Gandhi Minar” and the second one is “Nehru Minar”. Both the observation towers represent breathtaking views of the lake.

The Hirakud Dam control floods in Mahanadi delta and irrigates 7,500,000 hectares of land and hydroelectricity is also generated. The Hirakud Dam regulates 83,400 km² (32,200 mi²) of Mahanadi’s drain water.

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Ashok Palit has completed his graduation from Upendranath College Soro, Balasore and post graduation from Utkal University in Odia Language and literture.. He has also carved out a niche for himself as a scribe of eminence after joining the profession in 1988. He is also an independent media production professional. He brings loads of experience to Advanced Media, Ashok Palit as a cineaste has been active in film criticism for over three decades. As a film society activist, he soared to eminence for his profound commitment to the art film appreciation and aesthetics of cinema. His mode of discourse is often erudite but always lucid and comprehensible marked by a perfect acumen so rare in the field. A film aesthete with an immense fond of critical sensibilities, he wrote about growth and development of odia cinema in New Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindustan Times, The Asian Age and Screen. He has been working as an Editor for Cine Samaya from 2002-2004.. He had made solid contribution on cinema in many odia Dailies and weekly such as Samaj, Prajatantra, Dharatri, Samaya, Satabadi, and weekly Samaya.
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