Central Water Commission (CWC) Reports India's Major Reservoirs at 28.28% Capacity

Key facts

• As of 11 June 2026, 166 major reservoirs monitored by the Central Water Commission (CWC) held 51.92 billion cubic metres (bcm) of water, which is 28.28% of the total live storage capacity of 183.56 bcm.
• National reservoir storage is 15.8% above the normal level for the period but 8.17% lower than the 56.53 bcm recorded during the same period last year.
• The eastern region, comprising Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Tripura, and West Bengal, has 27 reservoirs at 21.77% capacity.
• The southern region, including Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana, has 47 reservoirs at 20.98% capacity.
• The northern region, covering Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Rajasthan, has 11 reservoirs at 33.64% capacity, while the western region, covering Goa, Gujarat, and Maharashtra, has 53 reservoirs at 31.13% capacity.
• The central region, covering Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, and Uttarakhand, has 28 reservoirs at 35.09% capacity.
• Chandan Dam (Jharkhand), Bhima-Ujani (Maharashtra), Maudaha (Uttar Pradesh), and Nanak Sagar (Uttarakhand) reservoirs recorded zero storage compared with normal levels.
• Other reservoirs with low storage include Bhadra (3.17%), Kabini (17.08%), Vaigai (10.88%), Krishnaraja Sagar (33.47%), and Tungabhadra (36.53%).
• Storage is above normal in the Ganga, Indus, Narmada, Tapi, Mahi, Sabarmati, Godavari, Brahmaputra, Pennar, Mahanadi, Kutch, Saurashtra, and Luni basins.
• Storage is close to normal in the Krishna, Cauvery, Brahmani-Baitarani, and Subarnarekha basins, but below normal in the Barak basin and east-flowing rivers between the Mahanadi and Pennar.
• Nine out of 20 hydropower project reservoirs have water levels at or below normal.