Reservoir · Maharashtra · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Darna
Darna Dam
97.0% full
Gross capacity
11.7 TMC (332 MCM)
Live capacity
11.1 TMC (314 MCM)
River
Darna
Basin
Godavari
Primary use
water supply
Operator
MWRRA
Coordinates
19.850°N, 73.717°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Darna Dam has a gross capacity of 11.7 TMC (332 MCM), of which 11.1 TMC (314 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 97% full, holding 6.9 TMC (196 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 11.7 TMC (332 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 11.1 TMC (314 MCM)
- Current storage
- 6.9 TMC (196 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
97.0%vs 7 days ago
-1.7 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-2.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
97%of normal
97.0% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 100.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-3.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Darna 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 +0.43). 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. 19.850°N, 73.717°E · Open in Google Maps
About Darna Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Darna Dam has a published fill of 97.0%, holding 6.9 TMC (196 MCM). Gross capacity is 11.7 TMC (332 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 11.1 TMC (314 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.7 percentage points, and it is 2.0 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Darna Dam — 170 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 3.0% (June 13, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (September 21, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by MWRRA primarily for water supply. It lies within the Godavari basin at 19.850°N, 73.717°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 97.0%
- Water stored
- 6.9 TMC (196 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 11.7 TMC (332 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 11.1 TMC (314 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.7 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 2.0 pp
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Darna
- River basin
- Godavari
- Operator
- MWRRA
- Coordinates
- 19.850°N, 73.717°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 97.0% | 196 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 98.7% | 199 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 99.8% | 202 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 202 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 202 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 202 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 99.0% | 200 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 98.2% | 198 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 96.6% | 195 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 94.4% | 191 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 87.6% | 177 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 87.6% | 177 |