Reservoir · Karnataka · India · AP-WRIMS
Almatti (LBS Sagar)
Almatti Dam / Lal Bahadur Shastri Sagar
57.3% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
129.7 TMC (3,673 MCM)
Live capacity
111.9 TMC (3,169 MCM)
Basin
Krishna
Primary use
multiple
Operator
KPCL
Coordinates
16.325°N, 75.925°E
Last updated
2026-10-27
Capacity in TMC
Almatti (LBS Sagar) has a gross capacity of 129.7 TMC (3,673 MCM), of which 111.9 TMC (3,169 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 57.3% of gross capacity, holding 74.4 TMC (2,106 MCM) (66.5% of live capacity).
- Gross capacity
- 129.7 TMC (3,673 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 111.9 TMC (3,169 MCM)
- Current storage
- 74.4 TMC (2,106 MCM)
TMC is thousand million cubic feet, the unit used in Indian water reporting. 1 TMC = 28.3168 million cubic metres (MCM). Figures are converted from AP-WRIMS, which publishes million cubic metres. The percentage is labelled live or gross only when the stored volume matches that capacity.
Current fill
57.3%vs 22 Oct 2026
-4.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/ATrend
↓falling
Drought context
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Almatti (LBS Sagar) had extremely little rain for the season, a shortfall seen about one year in forty. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −2.48). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: AP-WRIMS.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 16.325°N, 75.925°E · Open in Google Maps
About Almatti Dam / Lal Bahadur Shastri Sagar
As of October 27, 2026, Almatti Dam / Lal Bahadur Shastri Sagar is filled to 57.3% of its gross capacity, holding 74.4 TMC (2,106 MCM) of a gross 129.7 TMC (3,673 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 111.9 TMC (3,169 MCM) is live storage.
Since October 22, 2026 the fill level has fallen by 4.4 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Almatti Dam / Lal Bahadur Shastri Sagar — 27 data points between June 18, 2026 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 2.9% (July 2, 2026) to a high of 96.0% (September 3, 2026).
It is operated by KPCL primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Krishna basin at 16.325°N, 75.925°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 57.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 74.4 TMC (2,106 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 129.7 TMC (3,673 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 111.9 TMC (3,169 MCM)
- Change since October 22, 2026
- ▼ 4.4 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Krishna
- Operator
- KPCL
- Coordinates
- 16.325°N, 75.925°E
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 57.3% | 2,106 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 61.7% | 2,266 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 69.1% | 2,146 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 76.0% | 2,359 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 79.4% | 2,465 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 86.0% | 2,672 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 93.6% | 2,906 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | 93.6% | 3,439 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 95.5% | 2,965 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 94.0% | 3,453 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 96.0% | 2,980 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 94.6% | 3,473 |