Reservoir · Madhya Pradesh · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Atal Sagar
91.3% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
29.5 TMC (835 MCM)
Live capacity
29.5 TMC (835 MCM)
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
25.556°N, 77.853°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Atal Sagar has a gross capacity of 29.5 TMC (835 MCM); it is currently at 91.3% of gross capacity, holding 26.9 TMC (762 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 29.5 TMC (835 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 29.5 TMC (835 MCM)
- Current storage
- 26.9 TMC (762 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 CWC, which publishes million cubic metres. The percentage is labelled live or gross only when the stored volume matches that capacity.
Current fill
91.3%vs 7 days ago
-4.5 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-5.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
103%of normal
91.3% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 89.0% for October across 4 years of readings (+2.3 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Atal Sagar had more rain than normal for the season. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index +1.25). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: UNKNOWN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 25.556°N, 77.853°E · Open in Google Maps
About Atal Sagar
As of October 22, 2026, Atal Sagar is filled to 91.3% of its gross capacity, holding 26.9 TMC (762 MCM) of a gross 29.5 TMC (835 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 4.5 percentage points, and it is 5.8 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Atal Sagar — 168 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 18.0% (May 16, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (September 19, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by CWC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 25.556°N, 77.853°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 91.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 26.9 TMC (762 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 29.5 TMC (835 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 4.5 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 5.8 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 25.556°N, 77.853°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 91.3% | 762 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 95.8% | 800 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 835 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 99.6% | 831 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 835 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 99.6% | 831 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 835 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 88.9% | 742 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 82.4% | 688 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 74.3% | 620 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 66.6% | 556 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 58.5% | 489 |