Reservoir · Maharashtra · India · CWC · WESTERN region
Dudhganga
96.7% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
23.4 TMC (664 MCM)
Live capacity
23.4 TMC (664 MCM)
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
16.353°N, 74.010°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Dudhganga Dam has a gross capacity of 23.4 TMC (664 MCM); it is currently at 96.7% of gross capacity, holding 22.7 TMC (642 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 23.4 TMC (664 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 23.4 TMC (664 MCM)
- Current storage
- 22.7 TMC (642 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
96.7%vs 7 days ago
-0.9 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+9.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
104%of normal
96.7% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 93.0% for October across 4 years of readings (+3.7 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Dudhganga 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 −2.08). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: WESTERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 16.353°N, 74.010°E · Open in Google Maps
About Dudhganga
As of October 22, 2026, Dudhganga is filled to 96.7% of its gross capacity, holding 22.7 TMC (642 MCM) of a gross 23.4 TMC (664 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.9 pp), and it is 9.4 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Dudhganga — 170 data points between June 7, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.0% (June 15, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (September 21, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by CWC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 16.353°N, 74.010°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 96.7% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 22.7 TMC (642 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 23.4 TMC (664 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.9 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 9.4 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 16.353°N, 74.010°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 96.7% | 642 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 97.6% | 648 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 664 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 664 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 664 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 664 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 664 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 664 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 100.0% | 664 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 98.7% | 655 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 90.5% | 601 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 81.0% | 538 |