Reservoir · Madhya Pradesh · India · CWC · CENTRAL region
Gandhi Sagar
Gandhi Sagar Reservoir
66.8% of live capacity
Gross capacity
258.6 TMC (7,322 MCM)
Live capacity
243.0 TMC (6,880 MCM)
River
Chambal
Basin
Ganga
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWPC
Coordinates
24.691°N, 75.550°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Gandhi Sagar has a gross capacity of 258.6 TMC (7,322 MCM), of which 243.0 TMC (6,880 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 66.8% of live capacity, holding 161.0 TMC (4,558 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 258.6 TMC (7,322 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 243.0 TMC (6,880 MCM)
- Current storage
- 161.0 TMC (4,558 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
66.8%vs 7 days ago
-4.5 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-28.5 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
74%of normal
66.8% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 90.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-23.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Gandhi Sagar 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 −0.08). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: CENTRAL.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 24.691°N, 75.550°E · Open in Google Maps
About Gandhi Sagar Reservoir
As of October 22, 2026, Gandhi Sagar Reservoir is at 66.8% of useful capacity, holding 161.0 TMC (4,558 MCM) of 243.0 TMC (6,880 MCM). Of the gross 258.6 TMC (7,322 MCM), that is 62.3%. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 4.5 percentage points, and it is 28.5 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Gandhi Sagar Reservoir — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 41.0% (June 19, 2025) to a high of 97.0% (October 17, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by CWPC primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Ganga basin at 24.691°N, 75.550°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 66.8% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 161.0 TMC (4,558 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 258.6 TMC (7,322 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 243.0 TMC (6,880 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 4.5 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 28.5 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River
- Chambal
- River basin
- Ganga
- Operator
- CWPC
- Coordinates
- 24.691°N, 75.550°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 66.8% | 4,558 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 71.3% | 4,866 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 71.8% | 4,899 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 71.8% | 4,899 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 71.4% | 4,875 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 70.1% | 4,785 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 68.0% | 4,644 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 66.4% | 4,536 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 65.8% | 4,493 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 64.8% | 4,420 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 63.6% | 4,340 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 62.3% | 4,255 |