Reservoir · Odisha · India · CWC · EASTERN region
Upper Indravati
Upper Indravati Dam
86.4% full
Gross capacity
42.0 TMC (1,188 MCM)
Live capacity
38.2 TMC (1,083 MCM)
River
Indravati
Basin
Godavari
Primary use
hydropower
Operator
OHPC
Coordinates
19.583°N, 83.500°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Upper Indravati Dam has a gross capacity of 42.0 TMC (1,188 MCM), of which 38.2 TMC (1,083 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 86.4% full, holding 44.4 TMC (1,258 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 42.0 TMC (1,188 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 38.2 TMC (1,083 MCM)
- Current storage
- 44.4 TMC (1,258 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
86.4%vs 7 days ago
-4.4 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-5.7 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
105%of normal
86.4% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 82.0% for October across 3 years of readings (+4.4 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Upper Indravati 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 +0.11). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: EASTERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 19.583°N, 83.500°E · Open in Google Maps
About Upper Indravati Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Upper Indravati Dam has a published fill of 86.4%, holding 44.4 TMC (1,258 MCM). Gross capacity is 42.0 TMC (1,188 MCM). At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, 38.2 TMC (1,083 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 4.4 percentage points, and it is 5.7 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Upper Indravati Dam — 163 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 9.8% (May 1, 2025) to a high of 97.0% (October 1, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by OHPC primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the Godavari basin at 19.583°N, 83.500°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 86.4%
- Water stored
- 44.4 TMC (1,258 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 42.0 TMC (1,188 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 38.2 TMC (1,083 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 4.4 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 5.7 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- Indravati
- River basin
- Godavari
- Operator
- OHPC
- Coordinates
- 19.583°N, 83.500°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 86.4% | 1,258 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 90.8% | 1,322 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 94.7% | 1,379 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 97.0% | 1,412 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 86.6% | 1,261 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 87.8% | 1,278 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 84.6% | 1,231 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 84.6% | 1,231 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 76.3% | 1,111 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 49.2% | 716 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 45.7% | 666 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 41.5% | 604 |