Reservoir · Maharashtra · India · CWC · WESTERN region
Pench (Totladoh)
Pench Project (Totladoh Dam)
93.2% full
Gross capacity
29.2 TMC (828 MCM)
Live capacity
24.8 TMC (703 MCM)
River
Pench
Basin
Godavari
Primary use
multiple
Operator
MAHAGENCO
Coordinates
21.597°N, 79.239°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Pench (Totladoh) Dam has a gross capacity of 29.2 TMC (828 MCM), of which 24.8 TMC (703 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 93.2% full, holding 35.9 TMC (1,017 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 29.2 TMC (828 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 24.8 TMC (703 MCM)
- Current storage
- 35.9 TMC (1,017 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
93.2%vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
+2.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
101%of normal
93.2% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 92.0% for October across 4 years of readings (+1.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Pench (Totladoh) 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 −1.01). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: WESTERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 21.597°N, 79.239°E · Open in Google Maps
About Pench Project (Totladoh Dam)
As of October 22, 2026, Pench Project (Totladoh Dam) has a published fill of 93.2%, holding 35.9 TMC (1,017 MCM). Gross capacity is 29.2 TMC (828 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 24.8 TMC (703 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp), and it is 2.8 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Pench Project (Totladoh Dam) — 170 data points between June 7, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 46.0% (June 13, 2024) to a high of 93.2% (September 25, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by MAHAGENCO primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Godavari basin at 21.597°N, 79.239°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 93.2%
- Water stored
- 35.9 TMC (1,017 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 29.2 TMC (828 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 24.8 TMC (703 MCM)
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 2.8 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River
- Pench
- River basin
- Godavari
- Operator
- MAHAGENCO
- Coordinates
- 21.597°N, 79.239°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 93.2% | 1,017 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 93.2% | 1,017 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 93.2% | 1,017 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 93.2% | 1,017 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 93.2% | 1,017 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 93.2% | 1,017 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 93.2% | 1,017 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 93.2% | 1,017 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 93.2% | 1,017 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 93.2% | 1,017 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 93.2% | 1,017 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 93.2% | 1,017 |