The Chandil dam in Seraikela-Kharsawan Jamshedpur, June 15: Ever since authorities announced that the radial gates of Chandil dam would be closed from June 30, submerging about 50 villages in the process, panic-stricken residents of Chandil and Ichagarh block in Seraikela-Kharsawan district have been mobilising support to thwart the move. Aided by local NGOs, the villagers have declared that until state made arrangements to resettle them, they would not leave their homes. The authorities of Subarnarekha Multipurpose Project (SMP) have decided that this monsoon, they would close the radial gates of Chandil dam so that adequate water can be stored in the dam, which was originally set up to facilitate irrigation and feed a hydel power project. Last week, principal secretaries of the department of water resources, Jharkhand and Orissa, had inspected the dam and decided they would allow water to be stored to a height of five metres above the spillway level by closing the radial gates from June 30. Radial gates of Chandil dam, built in 1980, have never been closed as it would have meant submerging as many as 50 villages which fall under the project