Matters for which a scheme may provide.

A draft scheme prepared under section 3 may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:— (a) control and prevention of soil erosion; (b) preservation and improvement of soil; (c) reclamation of waste, saline or water-lodged areas; (d) improvement in the methods of cultivation and extension of cultivation; (e) construction of earth and masonry works in fields, gullies and ravines, including construction of catch water drains and contour bunding wherever necessary; (f) construction of permanent bunds in water logged lands for increasing agricultural production; (g) control and maintenance of tree growth; (h) improvement of water supply; (i) consolidation of the holdings of cultivators in an area for the better use of land; (j) draining of canals, streams and rivers to prevent bank erosion; (k) providing pumpsets and platforms for erection of such pumpsets for dewatering process; (l) providing channels for watering and dewatering purposes; and (m) such other matters, not inconsistent with the objects of this Act, as may be prescribed.