Section 14(4) in Tamil Nadu Land Improvement Schemes Act, 1959
(4)(a)construction of small storage structures including ponds at appropriate locations in private lands, community lands or Government lands with a view to increasing surface detention;(b)construction of depression storage in the catchment to promote greater infiltration, reduce silt load in channel flows and peak flows, farm, ponds and other water harvesting measures combined with erosion and gully control works;(c)restoration of degraded lands for better management;(d)increase institutionalisation of incident rainfall by creating potential for providing protective and supplemental irrigation and thus increase production taking up nalla plugging, field bundhis, percolation tanks, etc., with a view to increase better ground water recharge and some subsequent utilisation for productive as well as domestic use of water;
