Reservoir · Uttarakhand · India · CWC · CENTRAL region
Ramganga (Corbett Dam)
Ramganga Dam
89.3% of live capacity
Gross capacity
86.3 TMC (2,444 MCM)
Live capacity
77.4 TMC (2,192 MCM)
River
Ramganga
Basin
Ganga
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
UP
Coordinates
29.567°N, 78.900°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Ramganga (Corbett Dam) has a gross capacity of 86.3 TMC (2,444 MCM), of which 77.4 TMC (2,192 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 89.3% of live capacity, holding 69.3 TMC (1,962 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 86.3 TMC (2,444 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 77.4 TMC (2,192 MCM)
- Current storage
- 69.3 TMC (1,962 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
89.3%vs 7 days ago
+1.3 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-4.4 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
101%of normal
89.3% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 88.0% for October across 4 years of readings (+1.3 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Ramganga (Corbett Dam) had rain close to normal for the season. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index +0.33). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: CENTRAL.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 29.567°N, 78.900°E · Open in Google Maps
About Ramganga Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Ramganga Dam is at 89.3% of useful capacity, holding 69.3 TMC (1,962 MCM) of 77.4 TMC (2,192 MCM). Of the gross 86.3 TMC (2,444 MCM), that is 80.3%. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 1.3 percentage points, and it is 4.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Ramganga Dam — 171 data points between June 7, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 20.0% (June 21, 2023) to a high of 95.4% (December 4, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by UP primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Ganga basin at 29.567°N, 78.900°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 89.3% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 69.3 TMC (1,962 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 86.3 TMC (2,444 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 77.4 TMC (2,192 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 4.4 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Ramganga
- River basin
- Ganga
- Operator
- UP
- Coordinates
- 29.567°N, 78.900°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 89.3% | 1,962 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 88.0% | 1,933 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 86.2% | 1,893 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 83.5% | 1,834 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 76.8% | 1,687 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 74.3% | 1,631 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 68.7% | 1,509 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 60.8% | 1,335 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 55.3% | 1,214 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 51.0% | 1,120 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 44.3% | 972 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 40.0% | 878 |