Section 2(1)(ab) in The U.P. Participatory Irrigation Management Act, 2009
(ab)"Irrigation System" means an irrigation project for harnessing water for irrigation and other allied uses which includes reservoir-fed and/ or river diversion system of canals, open head channels, lift irrigation schemes, tanks and the like including the field drains to discharge waste or surplus water from the fields in a canal command to the nearest drain;