Section 2(1)(f) in The U.P. Participatory Irrigation Management Act, 2009
(f)"Canal" means a channel with all works used for irrigating fields including water courses, drains and their appurtenant structures in the command area. It also includes all lands occupied by the State Government for the purposes of a canal, and all buildings, machinery, fences, gates and other erections, trees, plantations or other produce occupied by or belonging to the State Government upon such lands;