The Ravishankar Reservoir (Gangrel dam) is now filled to 98 per cent capacity due to heavy rainfall in its catchment areas, officials informed here on Saturday.
They further informed that around 5,796 cusecs of water had been arriving in the dam from the catchment areas due to heavy rainfall in the region.
The gates of the dams could be opened at any time to release water in the river for which necessary alerts had been issued to the people living in the villages downstream, officials informed.
In view of the heavy rainfall experienced in several parts of the State, 10,000 cusecs of water have been released from Gangrel dam on August 6 this year.
The Dhamtari district administration and Water Resources Department (WRD) had sounded alert after the release of water from the dam.
About 1,000 cusecs of water was released in the irrigation canals, officials informed.
The WRD, Revenue and Disaster Management Department had appealed the residents of Dhamtari, Raipur, Mahasamund, Bilaspur, Janjgir-Champa, Raigarh and Gariaband to maintain vigil and avoid crossing culverts and bridges flooded with water.
Officials informed that due to heavy rainfall in the catchment area of the dam, the water level was on the rise.