Reservoir · Madhya Pradesh · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Omkareshwar
Omkareshwar Dam
15.4% full
Gross capacity
41.3 TMC (1,170 MCM)
Live capacity
33.9 TMC (959 MCM)
Basin
Narmada
Primary use
hydropower
Operator
NHPC
Coordinates
22.317°N, 76.200°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Omkareshwar Dam has a gross capacity of 41.3 TMC (1,170 MCM), of which 33.9 TMC (959 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 15.4% full, holding 1.6 TMC (46 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 41.3 TMC (1,170 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 33.9 TMC (959 MCM)
- Current storage
- 1.6 TMC (46 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
15.4%vs 7 days ago
-54.8 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-5.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
39%of normal
15.4% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 39.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-23.6 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Omkareshwar 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 −1.15). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: UNKNOWN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 22.317°N, 76.200°E · Open in Google Maps
About Omkareshwar Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Omkareshwar Dam has a published fill of 15.4%, holding 1.6 TMC (46 MCM). Gross capacity is 41.3 TMC (1,170 MCM). At this level the reservoir is critically low. Of that total, 33.9 TMC (959 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 54.8 percentage points, and it is 5.0 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Omkareshwar Dam — 170 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 5.0% (June 30, 2023) to a high of 82.6% (April 24, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by NHPC primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the Narmada basin at 22.317°N, 76.200°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 15.4%
- Water stored
- 1.6 TMC (46 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 41.3 TMC (1,170 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 33.9 TMC (959 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 54.8 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 5.0 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River basin
- Narmada
- Operator
- NHPC
- Coordinates
- 22.317°N, 76.200°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 15.4% | 46 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 70.2% | 210 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 63.2% | 189 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 19.4% | 58 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 37.1% | 111 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 47.2% | 141 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 22.7% | 68 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 23.4% | 70 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 43.1% | 129 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 26.8% | 80 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 39.1% | 117 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 25.1% | 75 |