Section 2(1)(j) in The Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Ordinance, 1975
(j)"land development" means any of the following works;-(i)construction, renovation, re-designing, re-aligning and lining of water courses;(ii)land leveling and land shaping, including re-alignment of field boundaries;(iii)digging, renovation, re-designing and re-aligning of field drains;(iv)providing of drop structures, culverts and farm roads in the fields;(v)land reclamation by use of engineering, biological and chemical measures, including leaching;(vi)contour bunding and nala bunding;(vii)growing of trees, plants, shrubs and grasses;(viii)development of permanent and temporary pastures, farm forestry and commercial afforestation;(ix)such other works as may be necessary or incidental to development of land or ground or flow water potential and for optimising the utilisation of land and water resources; and(x)repairing and maintenance of any of the foregoing works;