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The Chhattisgarh government today sounded alert for several districts as well as neighbouring Orissa in the wake of overflowing of Pandit Ravi Shankar Dam in Dhamtar district following heavy rainfall, as the weather bureau predicted no respite from rain in the next 24 hours. The water level in the dam on river Mahanadi at Gangrel has crossed its danger mark by 30 cm and touched 349 metre, Gangrel Dam Authority sources told PTI by phone from Dhamtari, about 70 km from here. All 14 gates of the dam have been opened, they added. At present the water inflow into the reservoir was 1.46 lakh cusec whereas the outflow was about one lakh cusec, they said, adding more water needed to be released to bring the water level below the danger mark. Orissa and the downstream districts of Chhattisgarh have been alerted as the dam's water enters Hirakud at Sambalpur district in Orissa, which was already facing a severe flood situation, they added. Meanwhile, state Flood Control Room sources told PTI the district collectors in the downstream of Gangrel dam have been alerted and official machinery has been geared up to tackle any eventuality. The districts of Dhamtari, Mahasamund, Raipur, Bilaspur, Janjgir-Champa, Raigarh and Korba have been put on high alert. The state had been experiencing heavy rainfall since yesterday.
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