Section 2(2) in The Orissa Public Embankment Construction and Improvement Act, 1950
(2)"embankment" includes (a) every bank, dam, wall and dyke made or used for excluding water from, or for retaining water upon any land; (b) every sluice, spur, groyne, training-wall or other work annexed to, or portion of any such embankment ; and (c) every bank, dam, dyke, wall, groyne or spur made or erected for the protection of any such embankment or of any land from erosion or overflow by or of rivers, tides, waves or waters;
