Context

• The Odisha Forest and Environment Department is all set to begin ‘Island Odyssey’ and ‘Hirakud Cruise’ ecotourism packages for tourists to islands inside the reservoir.

Cattle Island

• Cattle Island is a submerged hill in the Hirakud reservoir.
• The island was a developed village prior to the construction of the Hirakud Dam.

Hirakud Dam

• Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, in Odisha.
• It is the longest dam in the world.
• It is one of the first major multipurpose river valley projects started after India's independence.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/wild-cattle-on-an-island-in-hirakud-cattle-have-grown-wild-for-60-years/article35958959.ece

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