Budki Nadi

The Budki superpassage, which takes the torrent through an elevated aqueduct above the Sirhind canal

Budki Nadi (Punjabi: ਬੁਦਕੀ ਨਦੀ), sometimes called the Budki torrent, is a seasonal, monsoon-driven rivulet in the Indian state of Punjab.[1] [2] It begins in the Shivalik Hills of the lower Himalayas and flows in a southwest direction to eventually join the Sutlej River.[3]

Sugh Rao stream

The Sugh Rao stream, also called the Sugh torrent, is another monsoonal rivulet that is a tributary of the Budki Nadi.[4]

Budki superpassage

When the Sirhind Canal was constructed in 1882 to better spread the waters of the Sutlej, its path cut across that of the Budki Nadi. An elevated "superpassage" was built to ensure continued uninterrupted passage to the flood torrent of the Budki Nadi, which at this stage combines the waters of both the Budki Nadi and its Sugh Rao tributary torrent.[5]

References

  1. ^ K.D. Bajpai; Rasesh Jamindar; P. K. Trivedi; Ramanlal Nagarji Mehta, Gleanings of Indian archaeology, history, and culture, Publication Scheme, 2000, ISBN 978-81-86782-64-4, ... Bara lies on the left bank of a monsoon rivulet known as Budki Nadi and is six kilometers southwest of Rupar ...
  2. ^ "(The straight road)", Punjabi Tribune, retrieved 29 November 2010, ... ਬੁਦਕੀ ਨਦੀ ਪੈਂਦੀ ਹੈ ਜਿਹੜੀ ਕਿ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿਚ ਵਗਣ ਵਾਲੀਆਂ ਬਰਸਾਤੀ ਨਦੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਸੱਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡੀ ਹੈ ਤੇ ਇਸ ਦੇ ਕੰਢਿਆਂ 'ਤੇ ਜੰਗਲ ਦੂਰ-ਦੂਰ ਤਕ ਫੈਲਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਸੀ (the Budki Nadi, which is the biggest of all the seasonal rivers that flow in Punjab, and on whose banks the forest spreads out to quite a distance) ...
  3. ^ The Geographer, Volume 35, Aligarh Muslim University Geographical Society., 1988, ... Siswan and Budki nadis join Sutlej from the east. Both the streams leave Siwalik flowing towards southwest but ...
  4. ^ Mineral Information Bureau, Geological Survey of India, Indian minerals, Volume 52, Manager of Publications, Geological Survey of India, 1998, ... along Sugh Rao stream, a tributary to Budki nadi ...
  5. ^ Robert Burton Buckley, The irrigation works of India, E. & F. N. Spon Ltd., 1905, ... the Budki super-passage which carries the joint floods of the Sugh and Budki torrents across the Sirhind Canal at a height of 24 feet abover it ...

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