Reservoir · Rajasthan · India · CWC · CENTRAL region
Meja
Meja Dam
95.7% full
Gross capacity
3.6 TMC (101 MCM)
Live capacity
3.1 TMC (87 MCM)
River
Banas
Basin
Ganga
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
RAJASTHAN
Coordinates
25.483°N, 75.567°E
Last updated
2026-09-24
Capacity in TMC
Meja Dam has a gross capacity of 3.6 TMC (101 MCM), of which 3.1 TMC (87 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 96% full, holding 10.1 TMC (286 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 3.6 TMC (101 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 3.1 TMC (87 MCM)
- Current storage
- 10.1 TMC (286 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
95.7%vs 7 days ago
+0.4%gaining
vs 1 year ago
+0.7%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC (Central Water Commission) Weekly Storage Bulletin, India. CWC region: CENTRAL.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
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About Meja Dam
As of September 24, 2026, Meja Dam is filled to 95.7% of its total capacity, holding 10.1 TMC (286 MCM) of a gross 3.6 TMC (101 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 3.1 TMC (87 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.4 pts), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Meja Dam — 166 data points between June 8, 2023 and September 24, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 11.0% (September 6, 2023) to a high of 96.8% (October 9, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by RAJASTHAN primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Ganga basin at 25.483°N, 75.567°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 95.7%
- Water stored
- 10.1 TMC (286 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 3.6 TMC (101 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 3.1 TMC (87 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.4 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 0.7 pts
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Banas
- River basin
- Ganga
- Operator
- RAJASTHAN
- Coordinates
- 25.483°N, 75.567°E
- Last updated
- September 24, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 24 Sep 2026 | 95.7% | 286 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 95.3% | 285 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 96.4% | 288 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 93.5% | 280 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 94.3% | 282 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 95.7% | 286 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 81.6% | 244 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 68.7% | 205 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | 61.1% | 183 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 53.5% | 160 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 53.5% | 160 |
| 9 Jul 2026 | 55.9% | 167 |