Reservoir · Tamil Nadu · India · Tamil Nadu WRD
Palar Porundalar
46.9% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
1.5 TMC (43 MCM)
Live capacity
1.5 TMC (43 MCM)
Basin
Cauvery
Operator
Tamil Nadu Water Resources Dept
Coordinates
10.373°N, 77.480°E
Last updated
2026-10-28
Capacity in TMC
Palar Porundalar Dam has a gross capacity of 1.5 TMC (43 MCM); it is currently at 46.9% of gross capacity, holding 0.71 TMC (20 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 1.5 TMC (43 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 1.5 TMC (43 MCM)
- Current storage
- 0.71 TMC (20 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 Tamil Nadu WRD, which publishes million cubic metres. The percentage is labelled live or gross only when the stored volume matches that capacity.
Current fill
46.9%vs 7 days ago
N/Avs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
N/ADrought context
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Palar Porundalar 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 −1.35). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: Tamil Nadu WRD.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 10.373°N, 77.480°E · Open in Google Maps
About Palar Porundalar
As of October 28, 2026, Palar Porundalar is filled to 46.9% of its gross capacity, holding 0.71 TMC (20 MCM) of a gross 1.5 TMC (43 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
No reading from about a week earlier is on file, so the 7-day change is not available.
Across the readings we hold for Palar Porundalar — 9 data points between July 2, 2026 and October 28, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 12.3% (September 23, 2026) to a high of 46.9% (October 28, 2026).
It is operated by Tamil Nadu Water Resources Dept. It lies within the Cauvery basin at 10.373°N, 77.480°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 46.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 0.71 TMC (20 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 1.5 TMC (43 MCM)
- 7-day change
- N/A
- River basin
- Cauvery
- Operator
- Tamil Nadu Water Resources Dept
- Coordinates
- 10.373°N, 77.480°E
- Last updated
- October 28, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Oct 2026 | 46.9% | 20 |
| 23 Sep 2026 | 12.3% | 5 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 12.6% | 5 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | 13.0% | 6 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 13.5% | 6 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 13.9% | 6 |
| 21 Aug 2026 | 14.6% | 6 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 15.0% | 6 |
| 2 Jul 2026 | 16.4% | 7 |