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The gates were opened at 4 p.m. on Thursday. 

Now, the dam is releasing water through four gages on the left side and two gates on the right due to excess water. 

Notably, all the gates had been closed a few days back as the inflow of water into the reservoir declined due to scanty rainfall. 

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By this time, the reservoir was receiving 1,58,892 cusec water and discharging 38,168 cusec water. The water level of the reservoir stood at 629.10 ft against its water holding capacity of 630 ft.  
 

A bulletin issued at 1.30 p.m. today by the India Meteorological Department revealed that the low-pressure area over Southeast Jharkhand & neighbourhood with the associated cyclonic circulation extending up to 7.6 km above mean sea level is tilting southwestwards with height persists. The monsoon trough at mean sea level passed through Jaisalmer, Kota, Tikamgarh, Sidhi, the center of the low-pressure Area over Southeast Jharkhand, Digha and thence southeastwards to the East-central Bay of Bengal.  

With this, the southwest monsoon is active in Odisha, said the IMD. 

The weatherman issued an orange warning of heavy to very heavy rainfall to occur at one or two places over the districts of Sundargarh and Jharsuguda till tomorrow morning. Besides, it also issued a yellow warning of heavy rainfall (7 to 11 cm) to very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Nawarangpur, Nuapada, Kalahandi, Bolangir, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Keonjhar and Mayurbhanj.

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Similarly, the IMD issued a yellow warning of heavy rainfall (7 to 11cm) very likely to occur at one or two places over the districts of Mayurbhanj, Keonjhar, Sundargarh and Jharsuguda till September 23 morning.

Similarly, light to moderate rainfall has been predicted to occur in north, south and coastal parts of Odisha in the following three days till September 26 morning, predicted the IMD. 

The Commerce and Industry Ministry today announced that the country won the bid to hold this event on a presentation from the National Council for Cement and Building Materials along with IIT Delhi.

The decision was announced on 20th September 2023 at Bangkok, Thailand during the 16th ICCC.

India defeated Switzerland and the United Arab Emirates to win the bid. The ICCC is regarded as the largest and the most prestigious event in the area of Cement and Concrete.

India is the fifth largest economy today and is likely to become third largest by the next five years and its cement industry is second largest in the world with installed cement capacity of 600 million tonnes, sources said. 

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