Section 2(w) in Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources (Regulation And Management) Act, 2010
(w)"hydraulic works" include(i)all reservoirs, tanks, dams, weirs, canals, barrages, channels, domestic or commercial water supply works, pipes, ponds, spring ponds, spring channels, aqueducts, sluices, gates, outlets, washouts, pumping installations, flood embankments or other flood protection works constructed, maintained or controlled by the Government for the usage or storage of water;(ii)all works, embankments, structures, control structures including outlets, supply and escape channels connected with such reservoirs, tanks, dams, weirs, canals, barrages, channels, domestic or commercial water supply works, pipes, ponds, spring ponds, spring channels, aqueducts, sluices, gates, outlets, washouts, pumping installations, and all roads constructed for facilitating the construction or maintenance of such reservoirs, tanks dams, weirs, canals, barrages, channels, domestic or commercial water supply works, pipes, ponds, spring ponds, spring channels, aqueducts, sluices and pumping installation;(iii)all drainage works, flood embankments, other flood protection works, wells, water courses and field channels;(iv)all lands held by the Government for the purpose of such reservoirs, tanks, dams, weirs, canals, barrages, channels, domestic water supply works pips, ponds, spring ponds, spring channels, aqueducts, sluices, pumping installation and all buildings, machinery, fences, gates and other erections upon such lands;(v)zamindari khuls; and(vi)all lands, roads, cross drainage, catch water drains, pillars, boundary pillars, reference pillars, buildings, machinery, fences, gates other erections, trees, crops, plantations or other produce occupied by and belonging to Government for the purposes of irrigation works.(x)"head works" mean the work relating to construction of any dam, weir, barrage or reservoir and all works appurtenant thereto, channel, structure, building, well, bore, tunnel or machinery used for, or in connection with, the storage, control, conveyance or distribution of water for different purposes;
