Reservoir · Karnataka · India · CWC · SOUTHERN region
Vani Vilas Sagar
60.9% of gross capacity
Gross capacity
28.3 TMC (802 MCM)
Live capacity
28.3 TMC (802 MCM)
River
Vedavati
Primary use
multiple
Operator
CWC
Coordinates
13.887°N, 76.490°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Vani Vilas Sagar has a gross capacity of 28.3 TMC (802 MCM); it is currently at 60.9% of gross capacity, holding 17.2 TMC (488 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 28.3 TMC (802 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 28.3 TMC (802 MCM)
- Current storage
- 17.2 TMC (488 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
60.9%vs 7 days ago
-0.2 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-39.1 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
75%of normal
60.9% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 81.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-20.1 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Vani Vilas Sagar 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 −2.29). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: SOUTHERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 13.887°N, 76.490°E · Open in Google Maps
About Vani Vilas Sagar
As of October 22, 2026, Vani Vilas Sagar is filled to 60.9% of its gross capacity, holding 17.2 TMC (488 MCM) of a gross 28.3 TMC (802 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.2 pp), and it is 39.1 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Vani Vilas Sagar — 170 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 52.0% (May 9, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (January 2, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by CWC primarily for multiple purposes. It is at 13.887°N, 76.490°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 60.9% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 17.2 TMC (488 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 28.3 TMC (802 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 39.1 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River
- Vedavati
- Operator
- CWC
- Coordinates
- 13.887°N, 76.490°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 60.9% | 488 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 61.1% | 490 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 63.9% | 512 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 64.7% | 519 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 66.0% | 529 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 67.5% | 542 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 69.1% | 554 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 70.7% | 567 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 72.6% | 582 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 74.6% | 599 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 75.4% | 604 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 75.8% | 608 |