Section 18(a) in The Maharashtra Water Conservation Corporation Act, 2000
(a)to prepare, promote, execute, and finance the schemes [including the schemes up to 100 hectares of Zilla Parishad;] [These words were inserted by Maharashtra 20 of 2001, section 4.] for water conservation, irrigation, soil conservation, watershed management, social forestry [works of saline and alkaline land and construction of flood protection walls] [These words were substituted for the word 'and works of saline and alkaline land' by Maharashtra 20 of 2001, section 4.] in conformity with the published policies of the State Government;
