Reservoir · Maharashtra · India · CWC · WESTERN region
Manjara Dam
7.7% of live capacity
Gross capacity
8.8 TMC (250 MCM)
Live capacity
6.3 TMC (177 MCM)
River
Manjara
Basin
Godavari
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
MWRRA
Coordinates
18.583°N, 76.125°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Manjara Dam has a gross capacity of 8.8 TMC (250 MCM), of which 6.3 TMC (177 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 7.7% of live capacity, holding 0.49 TMC (14 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 8.8 TMC (250 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 6.3 TMC (177 MCM)
- Current storage
- 0.49 TMC (14 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
7.7%vs 7 days ago
-1.0 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Manjara Dam had well below normal rain, a shortfall seen about one year in six. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.23). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Year built
1982
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. 18.583°N, 76.125°E · Open in Google Maps
About Manjara Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Manjara Dam is at 7.7% of useful capacity, holding 0.49 TMC (14 MCM) of 6.3 TMC (177 MCM). Of the gross 8.8 TMC (250 MCM), that is 5.6%. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.0 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Manjara Dam — 15 data points between July 16, 2026 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 7.7% (October 22, 2026) to a high of 16.6% (July 16, 2026).
The dam at Manjara Dam was completed in 1982. It is operated by MWRRA primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Godavari basin at 18.583°N, 76.125°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 7.7% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 0.49 TMC (14 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 8.8 TMC (250 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 6.3 TMC (177 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.0 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Manjara
- River basin
- Godavari
- Year completed
- 1982
- Operator
- MWRRA
- Coordinates
- 18.583°N, 76.125°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 7.7% | 14 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 8.7% | 15 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 9.8% | 17 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 10.3% | 18 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 10.7% | 19 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 11.1% | 20 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 11.8% | 21 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 12.9% | 23 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 13.6% | 24 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 14.9% | 26 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 15.9% | 28 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 16.4% | 29 |