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Gujarat's Dam Crisis: Over Half of Dams Below 50% Water Storage
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News18•28-09-2026, 20:15
Gujarat's Dam Crisis: Over Half of Dams Below 50% Water Storage
- •109 out of 206 dams in Gujarat have less than 50% water storage, according to SEOC data.
- •36 dams are between 25% and 50% full, while 73 dams are below 25% storage capacity.
- •The cumulative water storage in all 206 reservoirs is 71.87% of their combined capacity.
- •The Sardar Sarovar reservoir is nearly full, holding 99.39% of its total storage capacity.
- •Gujarat has received 89.16% of its average rainfall, totaling 810.32 mm.
Key Questions Answered
Water storage is below 50 per cent in 109 of the 206 dams across Gujarat, according to data released by the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) on Monday. Cumulative water storage across all 206 reservoirs stands at 4,00,946 Mcft, which represents 71.87 per cent of their combined storage capacity.
The Sardar Sarovar reservoir holds 3,32,033 Mcft of water, which is equivalent to 99.39 per cent of its total storage capacity.
The Sardar Sarovar project is one of the country's largest water resource projects, covering Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, and Rajasthan. It irrigates 1.85 million hectares of land in Gujarat alongside 0.24 million hectares in neighbouring Rajasthan, and supplies drinking water to three crore people.
