warning Rahul Before releasing the water from dam's spillway gates, a necessary warning is communicated to district authorities, affected downstream industries, municipalities and others including senior administrative officials of Burdwan, Bankura, Purulia; IOW Dept. Govt. of WB; EE, DHW, Durgapur; Member; CWC, New Delhi. Whenever there is a discharge from Maithon and Panchet dams exceeding , special arrangements are broadcast through Doordarshan and AIR regional news bulletins. Doordarshan, Kolkata also telecasts daily weather forecasts with probable rainfall in the Damodar Valley. Maithon Dam has completed its 60 successful years in the service to the nation but, the maintenance of the reservoir is a matter of concern. In these 60 years the depth of the reservoir has decreased, so it gets flooded very soon. So to maintain the safe level the water has to be released through dams. It has a dual impact, first it hits badly to the irrigation in Burdwan District also the power generation capacity MHPS as the capacity of the reservoir has decreased in last 60 years. The rain water takes a lot of soil with it and the same settles down in the reservoir causing decrease in the depth. References Dams in Jharkhand Dhanbad district Gravity dams Underground power stations Dams completed in 1957 1957 establishments in Bihar 20th-century architecture in India