Reservoir · Karnataka · India · CWC · SOUTHERN region
Kabini
Kabini Dam
45.7% full
Gross capacity
18.3 TMC (519 MCM)
Live capacity
16.5 TMC (468 MCM)
River
Kabini
Basin
Cauvery
Primary use
multiple
Operator
KPCL
Coordinates
11.933°N, 76.350°E
Last updated
2026-09-24
Capacity in TMC
Kabini Dam has a gross capacity of 18.3 TMC (519 MCM), of which 16.5 TMC (468 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 46% full, holding 7.2 TMC (203 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 18.3 TMC (519 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 16.5 TMC (468 MCM)
- Current storage
- 7.2 TMC (203 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 the Central Water Commission bulletin, which publishes million cubic metres.
Current fill
45.7%vs 7 days ago
+0.4%gaining
vs 1 year ago
-46.0%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs September average
62%of normal
45.7% full on 2026-09-24, against an average of 74.0% for September across 4 years of readings (-28.3 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Kabini 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 −2.12). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC (Central Water Commission) Weekly Storage Bulletin, India. CWC region: SOUTHERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 11.933, 76.350 · Open in Google Maps
About Kabini Dam
As of September 24, 2026, Kabini Dam is filled to 45.7% of its total capacity, holding 7.2 TMC (203 MCM) of a gross 18.3 TMC (519 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 16.5 TMC (468 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.4 pts), and it is 46.0 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Kabini Dam — 167 data points between June 8, 2023 and September 24, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 1.0% (June 14, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (October 10, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by KPCL primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Cauvery basin at 11.933°N, 76.350°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 45.7%
- Water stored
- 7.2 TMC (203 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 18.3 TMC (519 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 16.5 TMC (468 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.4 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 46.0 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River
- Kabini
- River basin
- Cauvery
- Operator
- KPCL
- Coordinates
- 11.933°N, 76.350°E
- Last updated
- September 24, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Sep 2026 | 45.7% | 203 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 45.3% | 201 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 45.7% | 203 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 49.1% | 218 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 58.8% | 261 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 72.6% | 322 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 93.2% | 414 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 91.7% | 407 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | 73.6% | 327 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 59.2% | 263 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 52.8% | 234 |
| 9 Jul 2026 | 33.9% | 150 |