Reservoir · Odisha · India · CWC · EASTERN region
Balimela
Balimela Dam
77.3% full
Gross capacity
128.4 TMC (3,635 MCM)
Live capacity
120.2 TMC (3,403 MCM)
River
Sileru
Basin
Godavari
Primary use
hydropower
Operator
OHPC
Coordinates
18.333°N, 82.667°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Balimela Dam has a gross capacity of 128.4 TMC (3,635 MCM), of which 120.2 TMC (3,403 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 77.3% full, holding 73.0 TMC (2,067 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 128.4 TMC (3,635 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 120.2 TMC (3,403 MCM)
- Current storage
- 73.0 TMC (2,067 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
77.3%vs 7 days ago
-0.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-2.1 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
99%of normal
77.3% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 78.0% for October across 2 years of readings (-0.7 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Balimela had rain close to 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 +0.70). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: EASTERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 18.333°N, 82.667°E · Open in Google Maps
About Balimela Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Balimela Dam has a published fill of 77.3%, holding 73.0 TMC (2,067 MCM). Gross capacity is 128.4 TMC (3,635 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 120.2 TMC (3,403 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.4 pp), and it is 2.1 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Balimela Dam — 77 data points between April 3, 2025 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 12.6% (June 26, 2025) to a high of 100.0% (October 8, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around July.
It is operated by OHPC primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the Godavari basin at 18.333°N, 82.667°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 77.3%
- Water stored
- 73.0 TMC (2,067 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 128.4 TMC (3,635 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 120.2 TMC (3,403 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.4 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 2.1 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- Sileru
- River basin
- Godavari
- Operator
- OHPC
- Coordinates
- 18.333°N, 82.667°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 77.3% | 2,067 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 77.6% | 2,077 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 2,676 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 73.8% | 1,974 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 51.2% | 1,370 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 42.7% | 1,143 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 36.0% | 964 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 34.7% | 930 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 30.8% | 824 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 24.1% | 645 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 20.0% | 534 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 17.5% | 469 |