Reservoir · Rajasthan · India · CWC · CENTRAL region
Meja
Meja Dam
78.7% 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
2026-10-22
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 78.7% full, holding 8.3 TMC (235 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 3.6 TMC (101 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 3.1 TMC (87 MCM)
- Current storage
- 8.3 TMC (235 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
78.7%vs 7 days ago
-7.3 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-12.1 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
100%of normal
78.7% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 79.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-0.3 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Meja 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 −0.38). 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. 25.483°N, 75.567°E · Open in Google Maps
About Meja Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Meja Dam has a published fill of 78.7%, holding 8.3 TMC (235 MCM). Gross capacity is 3.6 TMC (101 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 3.1 TMC (87 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 7.3 percentage points, and it is 12.1 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Meja Dam — 170 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 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
- 78.7%
- Water stored
- 8.3 TMC (235 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 3.6 TMC (101 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 3.1 TMC (87 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 7.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 12.1 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Banas
- River basin
- Ganga
- Operator
- RAJASTHAN
- Coordinates
- 25.483°N, 75.567°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 78.7% | 235 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 86.0% | 257 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 91.1% | 272 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 94.6% | 283 |
| 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 |