Reservoir · Maharashtra · India · CWC · UNKNOWN region
Yeldari
Yeldari Dam
60.1% full
Gross capacity
29.9 TMC (847 MCM)
Live capacity
24.2 TMC (686 MCM)
River
Purna
Basin
Godavari
Primary use
irrigation
Operator
MWRRA
Coordinates
20.108°N, 76.758°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Yeldari Dam has a gross capacity of 29.9 TMC (847 MCM), of which 24.2 TMC (686 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 60.1% full, holding 17.2 TMC (486 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 29.9 TMC (847 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 24.2 TMC (686 MCM)
- Current storage
- 17.2 TMC (486 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
60.1%vs 7 days ago
-0.7 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-39.9 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
74%of normal
60.1% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 81.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-20.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Yeldari 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 −0.86). 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. 20.108°N, 76.758°E · Open in Google Maps
About Yeldari Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Yeldari Dam has a published fill of 60.1%, holding 17.2 TMC (486 MCM). Gross capacity is 29.9 TMC (847 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 24.2 TMC (686 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.7 pp), and it is 39.9 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Yeldari Dam — 170 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 27.0% (May 30, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (August 29, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around June.
It is operated by MWRRA primarily for irrigation. It lies within the Godavari basin at 20.108°N, 76.758°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 60.1%
- Water stored
- 17.2 TMC (486 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 29.9 TMC (847 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 24.2 TMC (686 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.7 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 39.9 pp
- Primary use
- Irrigation
- River
- Purna
- River basin
- Godavari
- Operator
- MWRRA
- Coordinates
- 20.108°N, 76.758°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 60.1% | 486 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 60.7% | 491 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 61.3% | 496 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 61.9% | 501 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 62.3% | 504 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 62.4% | 505 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 62.4% | 505 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 62.6% | 507 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 62.3% | 504 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 61.8% | 500 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 60.8% | 492 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 59.2% | 479 |