Reservoir · Gujarat · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Sardar Sarovar (SSP)
Sardar Sarovar Dam
99.4% of live capacity
Gross capacity
334.1 TMC (9,460 MCM)
Live capacity
204.8 TMC (5,800 MCM)
Basin
Narmada
Primary use
multiple
Operator
SSNNL
Coordinates
21.831°N, 73.742°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Sardar Sarovar (SSP) Dam has a gross capacity of 334.1 TMC (9,460 MCM), of which 204.8 TMC (5,800 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 99.4% of live capacity, holding 202.3 TMC (5,728 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 334.1 TMC (9,460 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 204.8 TMC (5,800 MCM)
- Current storage
- 202.3 TMC (5,728 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
99.4%vs 7 days ago
-0.1 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+1.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
100%of normal
99.4% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 99.0% for October across 4 years of readings (+0.4 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Sardar Sarovar (SSP) 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 +0.15). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: UNKNOWN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 21.831°N, 73.742°E · Open in Google Maps
About Sardar Sarovar Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Sardar Sarovar Dam is at 99.4% of useful capacity, holding 202.3 TMC (5,728 MCM) of 204.8 TMC (5,800 MCM). Of the gross 334.1 TMC (9,460 MCM), that is 60.5%. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.1 pp), and it is 1.8 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Sardar Sarovar Dam — 170 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 12.9% (July 3, 2025) to a high of 100.0% (September 21, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by SSNNL primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Narmada basin at 21.831°N, 73.742°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 99.4% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 202.3 TMC (5,728 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 334.1 TMC (9,460 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 204.8 TMC (5,800 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 1.8 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Narmada
- Operator
- SSNNL
- Coordinates
- 21.831°N, 73.742°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 99.4% | 5,728 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 99.5% | 5,734 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 99.1% | 5,708 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 99.9% | 5,754 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 98.8% | 5,689 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 93.3% | 5,377 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 87.6% | 5,048 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 81.8% | 4,710 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 76.5% | 4,403 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 79.5% | 4,577 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 77.2% | 4,447 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 67.7% | 3,898 |