Section 2(j) in Telangana Irrigation (Construction and Maintenance of Water Courses) Act, 1965
(j)"watercourse" means a field channel which receives supply of water from the outlet of an irrigation work and conveys water to lands included within the ayacut of that work and which is not maintained at the cost of the Government and includes all subsidiary works connected with any such channel except the sluice or outlet through which water is supplied from irrigation work to such channel.
