Section 14(2) in Tamil Nadu Land Improvement Schemes Act, 1959
(2)measures to control soil erosion due to water and wind such as the following, namely:-(a)construction of contour or graded bunds (narrow base terrace), bench terraces bundhis with surplusing arrangement and disposal Outlets arrangements for planting on earthfill surfaces;(b)levelling of land and improvement of soil by applying appropriate amendments, manures and fertilisers;(c)adopting appropriate farming or tillage practices such as contour cultivation, strip cultivation, shallow or deep cultivation;(d)growing up quick maturing leguminous crops during rainy season and growing row crops with appropriate conservation measures; ^(e)retirement of any land from cultivation if its continuance under agriculture is prejudicial to that land or some other land;(f)afforestation of degraded forests and non-agricultural lands along with closures and necessary soil conservation practices with a view to promoting improved tree growth, from forests and village woodlots;(g)development of grasslands and fuel-cum-fodder reserves in wastelands, community lands or Government lands with appropriate soil conservation measures such as contour dykes and check dams;(h)control or regulation of grazing, felling or lopping of trees or clearing of bushes;(i)raising of utility tree plants on private lands, community lands or waste^ lands with a view to provide additional supplies of feed fodder as well as vegetables, besides raw-materials for subsidiary industries and income there from such as planting of sisal, cashew nut, sasbania grandiflora, drum stick and amla;(j)planting and growing of trees, shrubs or grasses for providing shelter belt or wind breaks or other protection purposes;(k)prevention of breaking up of marginal and sub-marginal lands for cultivation purposes; and(l)controlling and establishing torrents or choes, landslides and slips roadside and cattle patch erosion, by biological and engineering measures, such as check dams, spurs, retaining walls and revetments;
