Reservoir · Chhattisgarh · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Hasdeo Bango (Minimata)
Hasdeo Bango Dam
78.0% full
Gross capacity
150.9 TMC (4,272 MCM)
Live capacity
121.4 TMC (3,439 MCM)
River
Hasdeo
Basin
Mahanadi
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CSPGCL
Coordinates
22.417°N, 82.250°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Hasdeo Bango (Minimata) Dam has a gross capacity of 150.9 TMC (4,272 MCM), of which 121.4 TMC (3,439 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 78% full, holding 83.9 TMC (2,376 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 150.9 TMC (4,272 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 121.4 TMC (3,439 MCM)
- Current storage
- 83.9 TMC (2,376 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
78.0%vs 7 days ago
-4.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-2.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
94%of normal
78.0% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 83.0% for October across 2 years of readings (-5.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Hasdeo Bango (Minimata) 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 +0.91). 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. 22.417°N, 82.250°E · Open in Google Maps
About Hasdeo Bango Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Hasdeo Bango Dam has a published fill of 78.0%, holding 83.9 TMC (2,376 MCM). Gross capacity is 150.9 TMC (4,272 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 121.4 TMC (3,439 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 4.4 percentage points, and it is 2.6 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Hasdeo Bango Dam — 77 data points between April 3, 2025 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 24.1% (June 19, 2025) to a high of 90.2% (September 10, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by CSPGCL primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Mahanadi basin at 22.417°N, 82.250°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 78.0%
- Water stored
- 83.9 TMC (2,376 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 150.9 TMC (4,272 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 121.4 TMC (3,439 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 4.4 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 2.6 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River
- Hasdeo
- River basin
- Mahanadi
- Operator
- CSPGCL
- Coordinates
- 22.417°N, 82.250°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 78.0% | 2,376 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 82.4% | 2,510 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 85.2% | 2,594 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 88.5% | 2,695 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 88.5% | 2,697 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 90.0% | 2,741 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 90.2% | 2,746 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 90.1% | 2,745 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 87.7% | 2,670 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 87.2% | 2,654 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 86.7% | 2,641 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 80.8% | 2,460 |