Budameru is a rivulet in NTR district which originates in the hills surrounding Mylavaram and empties itself into Kolleru Lake.

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.

The then deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy has announced at a farmers meeting in 1956 in Akividu that the state has been allocated Rs 50 lakh for irrigation projects and the Budameru diversion channel which, according to him, would reduce the water level of Kolleru lake by 14 inches and save 25,000 acres of land from being inundated was the first project to be started out of these funds.

Polavaram Right bank canal is approaching the outskirts of Vijayawada city at 33 m MSL along the hill slopes located north of Ambapuram village.

[11] The floods resulted in significant property damage, with extensive impacts on both public and private assets, as well as considerable crop losses.

Efforts were made to manage and mitigate the effects of the flooding, with local authorities working to restore normalcy in the affected areas.