Reservoir · Odisha · India · CWC · EASTERN region
Upper Kolab
Upper Kolab Dam
78.1% full
Gross capacity
64.9 TMC (1,839 MCM)
Live capacity
56.3 TMC (1,593 MCM)
River
Kolab
Basin
Godavari
Primary use
hydropower
Operator
OHPC
Coordinates
19.417°N, 83.433°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Upper Kolab Dam has a gross capacity of 64.9 TMC (1,839 MCM), of which 56.3 TMC (1,593 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 78.1% full, holding 25.8 TMC (730 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 64.9 TMC (1,839 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 56.3 TMC (1,593 MCM)
- Current storage
- 25.8 TMC (730 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
78.1%vs 7 days ago
-0.8 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-9.8 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
94%of normal
78.1% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 83.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-4.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Upper Kolab 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 +0.52). 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. 19.417°N, 83.433°E · Open in Google Maps
About Upper Kolab Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Upper Kolab Dam has a published fill of 78.1%, holding 25.8 TMC (730 MCM). Gross capacity is 64.9 TMC (1,839 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 56.3 TMC (1,593 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.8 pp), and it is 9.8 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Upper Kolab Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 14.1% (July 2, 2026) to a high of 91.0% (September 12, 2024). 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 19.417°N, 83.433°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 78.1%
- Water stored
- 25.8 TMC (730 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 64.9 TMC (1,839 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 56.3 TMC (1,593 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.8 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 9.8 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- Kolab
- River basin
- Godavari
- Operator
- OHPC
- Coordinates
- 19.417°N, 83.433°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 78.1% | 730 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 78.8% | 737 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 79.3% | 742 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 78.0% | 730 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 59.0% | 551 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 53.5% | 500 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 50.3% | 471 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 49.1% | 459 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 44.9% | 420 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 34.5% | 323 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 31.6% | 295 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 29.5% | 276 |