Section 4 — Power of Board or Company to direct preparation of land improvement scheme and matters for which scheme may be prepared

Power of [Board or Company] to direct preparation of land improvement scheme and matters for which scheme may be prepared.- (1) [The Board or the Company] may direct the preparation of a land improvement scheme of any area within its jurisdiction. A scheme may make provision for any of the following matters, namely :-

(i) preservation and improvement of soil ;

(ii) prevention of erosion of soil ;

(iii) improvement of water supply [including the construction or improvement of wells and other underground water resources, and exploitation of those resources ] ;

[( iii-a ) development of land for better utilisation 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 waterlogged land or of land from the sea ;

(vii) prohibition or control of grazing ;

(viii) control and maintenance of tree growth ;

[(viiia) regulation or prohibition of firing of vegetation ;]

[(viiib) cultivation of waste or fallow land ;]

[(viiic) eradication of hariyali or 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 or the Company], [the Board or the Company] 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 objects 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.]