Water resources department prepares comprehensive flood protection plan for Vijayawada
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Vijayawada: The Water Resources Department has prepared a comprehensive flood protection plan to shield Vijayawada from Budameru floods. A detailed project report (DPR) of the flood protection plan, costing around Rs 5,000 crore, was readied and forwarded to the state govt for its approval.
Under the new DPR, the irrigation department proposed the construction of a new 25-kilometre flood flow canal to carry 20,000 cusecs plus flood water.
"The tentative work proposals awaiting approval from the govt were designed to completely modernise the existing Budameru rivulet course. The exercise to ready the new DPR was done meticulously after assessing the 2024 flash floods to Budameru rivulet that wreaked havoc and submerged several parts of Vijayawada," a senior irrigation department official requesting anonymity said, adding once the works proposed in the DPR were completed, Vijayawada could withstand any kind of floods to Budameru.
The proposed works in the DPR included improvements to the existing Budameru river course from 1 kilometre to 34 kilometres by removing the existing encroachments, construction of a new flood flow canal to divert flood water from Velagaleru Head Regulator till Enikepadu Under Tunnel (UT) Budameru drain, and revamping the existing UT to carry 40,000 cusecs of water up to Kolleru Lake, besides improvements to Upputeru (from Kolleru Lake to Sea) from 9.80 kilometres to 64 kilometres of the course.
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"The alignment of the proposed alternative flood flow canal will be finalised and disclosed after the govt gives in-principal nod to the DPR," the senior irrigation official informed.
The DPR accessed by the TOI reveals that a whopping Rs 1,943 crore would be required for land acquisition for the construction of the alternative flood flow canals, as a major chunk of private lands and agriculture fields would be required for the development of the canal.
The flood flow canal will be constructed at a cost of Rs 1,103.79 crore.
"Subsequently, the construction of a flood protection wall along Budameru rivulet might be withdrawn considering the project would cost a staggering Rs 3,000 crore. Even after constructing the flood protection walls, the maximum flood carrying capacity of the Budameru rivulet would be limited below 10,000 cusecs, whereas the proposed alternative flood flow canal was designed to accommodate 20,000 cusecs plus of flood water," the senior irrigation official commented.
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