Reservoir · Uttarakhand · India · CWC · CENTRAL region
Nanak Sagar
69.6% full
Gross capacity
6.2 TMC (176 MCM)
Live capacity
6.2 TMC (176 MCM)
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
28.942°N, 79.829°E
Last updated
2026-09-10
Capacity in TMC
Nanak Sagar has a gross capacity of 6.2 TMC (176 MCM); it is currently at 70% full, holding 4.3 TMC (122 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 6.2 TMC (176 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 6.2 TMC (176 MCM)
- Current storage
- 4.3 TMC (122 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
69.6%vs 7 days ago
+5.5%gaining
vs 1 year ago
+0.8%year-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
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 Nanak Sagar
As of September 10, 2026, Nanak Sagar is filled to 69.6% of its total capacity, holding 4.3 TMC (122 MCM) of a gross 6.2 TMC (176 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 5.5 percentage points, and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Nanak Sagar — 166 data points between June 8, 2023 and September 10, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.0% (June 8, 2023) to a high of 88.1% (October 23, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by CWC primarily for multiple purposes.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 69.6%
- Water stored
- 4.3 TMC (122 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 6.2 TMC (176 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▲ 5.5 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 0.8 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 28.942°N, 79.829°E
- Last updated
- September 10, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 10 Sep 2026 | 69.6% | 122 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 64.0% | 113 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 55.4% | 97 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 46.0% | 81 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 31.8% | 56 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 26.1% | 46 |
| 30 Jul 2026 | 19.0% | 33 |
| 23 Jul 2026 | 14.4% | 25 |
| 16 Jul 2026 | 6.5% | 11 |
| 9 Jul 2026 | 2.3% | 4 |
| 2 Jul 2026 | 0.8% | 1 |
| 25 Jun 2026 | 0.0% | 0 |