Reservoir · Andhra Pradesh · India · AP-WRIMS
Pula Subbaiah Veligonda Project
12.8% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
53.9 TMC (1,525 MCM)
Live capacity
43.5 TMC (1,232 MCM)
Basin
Krishna
Operator
AP Water Resources Dept
Coordinates
15.769°N, 79.182°E
Last updated
2026-10-27
Capacity in TMC
Pula Subbaiah Veligonda Project Dam has a gross capacity of 53.9 TMC (1,525 MCM), of which 43.5 TMC (1,232 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 12.8% of gross capacity, holding 6.9 TMC (195 MCM) (15.8% of live capacity).
- Gross capacity
- 53.9 TMC (1,525 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 43.5 TMC (1,232 MCM)
- Current storage
- 6.9 TMC (195 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 AP-WRIMS, which publishes million cubic metres. The percentage is labelled live or gross only when the stored volume matches that capacity.
Current fill
12.8%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
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Pula Subbaiah Veligonda Project had extremely little rain for the season, a shortfall seen about one year in forty. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −2.35). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: AP-WRIMS.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
About Pula Subbaiah Veligonda Project
As of October 27, 2026, Pula Subbaiah Veligonda Project is filled to 12.8% of its gross capacity, holding 6.9 TMC (195 MCM) of a gross 53.9 TMC (1,525 MCM). At this level the reservoir is critically low. Of that total, 43.5 TMC (1,232 MCM) is live storage.
No reading from about a week earlier is on file, so the 7-day change is not available.
Across the readings we hold for Pula Subbaiah Veligonda Project — 1 data points between October 27, 2026 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 12.8% (October 27, 2026) to a high of 12.8% (October 27, 2026).
It is operated by AP Water Resources Dept. It lies within the Krishna basin at 15.769°N, 79.182°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 12.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 6.9 TMC (195 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 53.9 TMC (1,525 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 43.5 TMC (1,232 MCM)
- 7-day change
- N/A
- River basin
- Krishna
- Operator
- AP Water Resources Dept
- Coordinates
- 15.769°N, 79.182°E
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 12.8% | 195 |