Power of board to direct preparation of land improvement Scheme and matters for which Scheme may be prepared

(1) The Board may direct the preparation of a land improvement scheme for any area within its jurisdiction. A scheme may make provision for any of the following matters, namely:-(i) preservation and improvements of soil; (ii) prevention of erosion of soil; (iii) improvement of water supply including the construction or improvement of wells, rain water harvesting and conservation, construction of underground tanks, ponds, check dams, weirs, construction of dug wells, trenches, recharge wells and other underground water resources and exploitation of those resources; (iiia) development of land for better utilization of the irrigation potential to be specified in the scheme; (iv) introduction of dry farming methods; (v) improvement in the methods of cultivation; (vi) reclamation of water-logged land or of land from the sea; (vii) prohibition or control of grazing; (viii) control and maintenance of tree growth; (viiia) regulation of prohibition of firing of vegetation; (viiib) cultivation of waste of fallow land; (viiic) eradication of hariyali of any other kind of weed or vegetation which is likely injuriously to affect, or interfere with cultivation; (ix) such other matters not inconsistent with the objects of this Act as may be prescribed. (2) On such direction being issued by the Board, the Board shall appoint an officer to prepare, in accordance with such instructions as it may issue, a draft scheme containing the following particulars, namely:-(i) the object of the scheme; (ii) the approximate area of the lands to be included in the scheme; (iii) the work or kind of work to be carried out under the scheme; (iv) the agency or agencies through which the work shall be carried out; (v) such other particulars as may be prescribed.