| Budameru | |
|---|---|
 Budameru flowing between fishing lakes near Eluru | |
 The course of Budameru | |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | NTR district, Krishna district, Eluru district. |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | near Morusumilli, Mylavaram mandal. |
| • location | 16°54′6″S 80°34′49″E / 16.90167°S 80.58028°E |
| • elevation | 140 m (460 ft) |
| Mouth | Kolleru Lake |
• location | 16°37′59″S 81°12′12″E / 16.63306°S 81.20333°E |
• elevation | 40 m (130 ft) |
| Length | 162 km (101 mi) |
Budameru is a rivulet in NTR district which originates in the hills surrounding Mylavaram and empties itself into Kolleru Lake. Budameru is also known as The Sorrow of Vijayawada.[1][2] In order to control the floods, the rivulet was controlled with the Velagaleru Regulator at Velagaleru village and a diversion channel named, Budameru Diversion Channel (BDC) was constructed from Velagaleru to join Krishna River upstream of Prakasam Barrage.[3]
This is the first water diversion to the main Krishna river from another river basin. The diversion channel has 10,500 cusecs flow capacity. This diversion channel is made part of Polavaram right bank canal at its tail end. However its flow capacity is to be enhanced to 17,500 cusecs to match with the design capacity of Polavaram right bank canal. In the downstream of the Velagaleru regulator, two more smaller diversion channels were constructed to divert the middle Budameru flood water to the upstream of Prakasam Barrage for reducing the inundation in Vijayawada city and Kolleru Lake.
- ^ Ramana Rao, G.V. (9 September 2008). "'Sorrow of Vijayawada' continues to play havoc spotlight". The Hindu. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
- ^ "Budameru rivulet is a big threat to Vijayawada". Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ "Polavaram-Vijayawada Link". Water Resources Information System of India. Archived from the original on 19 October 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.