Reservoir · Himachal Pradesh · India · CWC · NORTHERN region
Pong (Maharana Pratap Sagar)
Pong Dam / Maharana Pratap Sagar
61.8% full
Gross capacity
302.6 TMC (8,570 MCM)
Live capacity
257.4 TMC (7,290 MCM)
River
Beas
Basin
Indus
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
BBMB
Coordinates
31.917°N, 75.933°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Pong (Maharana Pratap Sagar) has a gross capacity of 302.6 TMC (8,570 MCM), of which 257.4 TMC (7,290 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 61.8% full, holding 134.4 TMC (3,807 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 302.6 TMC (8,570 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 257.4 TMC (7,290 MCM)
- Current storage
- 134.4 TMC (3,807 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
61.8%vs 7 days ago
-1.3 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-20.3 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
81%of normal
61.8% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 76.0% for October across 2 years of readings (-14.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Severely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Pong (Maharana Pratap Sagar) had far less rain than normal, a shortfall seen about one year in fifteen. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.59). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: NORTHERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 31.917°N, 75.933°E · Open in Google Maps
About Pong Dam / Maharana Pratap Sagar
As of October 22, 2026, Pong Dam / Maharana Pratap Sagar has a published fill of 61.8%, holding 134.4 TMC (3,807 MCM). Gross capacity is 302.6 TMC (8,570 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 257.4 TMC (7,290 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.3 percentage points, and it is 20.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Pong Dam / Maharana Pratap Sagar — 77 data points between April 3, 2025 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 9.1% (June 19, 2025) to a high of 99.8% (September 18, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by BBMB primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Indus basin at 31.917°N, 75.933°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 61.8%
- Water stored
- 134.4 TMC (3,807 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 302.6 TMC (8,570 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 257.4 TMC (7,290 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 20.3 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Beas
- River basin
- Indus
- Operator
- BBMB
- Coordinates
- 31.917°N, 75.933°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 61.8% | 3,807 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 63.1% | 3,887 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 65.0% | 4,000 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 67.6% | 4,159 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 71.0% | 4,370 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 73.8% | 4,544 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 73.8% | 4,544 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 71.4% | 4,398 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 66.7% | 4,104 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 61.9% | 3,814 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 53.6% | 3,301 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 47.0% | 2,892 |