Reservoir · Karnataka · India · AP-WRIMS
Tungabhadra
Tungabhadra Dam
42.8% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
105.8 TMC (2,996 MCM)
Live capacity
103.6 TMC (2,933 MCM)
River
Tungabhadra
Basin
Krishna
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
KA/AP
Coordinates
15.258°N, 76.325°E
Last updated
2026-10-27
Capacity in TMC
Tungabhadra Dam has a gross capacity of 105.8 TMC (2,996 MCM), of which 103.6 TMC (2,933 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 42.8% of gross capacity, holding 45.2 TMC (1,281 MCM) (43.7% of live capacity).
- Gross capacity
- 105.8 TMC (2,996 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 103.6 TMC (2,933 MCM)
- Current storage
- 45.2 TMC (1,281 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
42.8%vs 22 Oct 2026
-4.8 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
N/ATrend
↓falling
Drought context
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Tungabhadra 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 −3.03). 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
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 15.258°N, 76.325°E · Open in Google Maps
About Tungabhadra Dam
As of October 27, 2026, Tungabhadra Dam is filled to 42.8% of its gross capacity, holding 45.2 TMC (1,281 MCM) of a gross 105.8 TMC (2,996 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 103.6 TMC (2,933 MCM) is live storage.
Since October 22, 2026 the fill level has fallen by 4.8 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Tungabhadra Dam — 27 data points between June 25, 2026 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 3.3% (July 2, 2026) to a high of 90.4% (September 2, 2026).
It is operated by KA/AP primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Krishna basin at 15.258°N, 76.325°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 42.8% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 45.2 TMC (1,281 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 105.8 TMC (2,996 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 103.6 TMC (2,933 MCM)
- Change since October 22, 2026
- ▼ 4.8 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Tungabhadra
- River basin
- Krishna
- Operator
- KA/AP
- Coordinates
- 15.258°N, 76.325°E
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 42.8% | 1,281 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 47.6% | 1,426 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 45.2% | 1,482 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 51.2% | 1,678 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 56.6% | 1,856 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 61.5% | 2,013 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 67.7% | 2,218 |
| 16 Sep 2026 | 80.2% | 2,402 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 73.6% | 2,411 |
| 9 Sep 2026 | 86.5% | 2,592 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 77.6% | 2,542 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 90.4% | 2,708 |