Bhubaneswar, Oct. 3 -- Hirakud dam's structural and seismic safety will be inspected by an expert team of MNIT, Jaipur.

As per reports, a team of experts from MNIT, Jaipur is visiting Hirakud dam on October 21 and will stay till October 23. During their stay, they will evaluate the structural and earthquake safety of the dam.

Informing about the dam being selected as a pilot dam from Odisha for structural and seismic safety evaluation and the expert team's visit to the dam, the office of the chief engineer, Dam Safety, Secha Sadan, Bhubaneswar on Thursday wrote a letter to the chief engineer & basin manager, Mahanadi Basin, Burla.

The office of the chief engineer also sought certain data required by the expert team from the chief engin...