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Measures against wind erosion and water erosion (sheet erosion, gully and ravine formation, bank-cutting and floods), such as (a) construction of mends, dauls, and bondhis and planting of munja, sarkanda or other soil-binding grasses or plants thereon; (b) leveling of the land; (c) contour cultivation; (d) prohibition of deep, cultivation by tractors in areas subject to erosion; (e) prohibition from growing tow crops; (f) strip cropping; (g) growing of quick-maturing leguminous close growing crops rainy season; (h) green manuring and application of bulky organic manures, e. g, compost, farmyard manure, etc. (i) retirement of any land from cultivation if its continuance under agriculture is prejudicial to that land or some other land; (j) control on grazing; (k) afforestation or planting of fruit trees or raising of pasture on any land for its protection from erosion or for the protection of any other land; 46 [The Uttar Pradesh Bhoomi Evam Jal Sanrakshan Adhiniyam, 1963] [Schedule 2] (1) planting of trees or shrubs to serve as wind-breaks; (m) control on the felling or lopping of trees or clearance of bushes; (n) prevention from creaking of marginal and sub-marginal lands for cultivation purposes. 2-- Measures-against water-logging and impended drainage such as--- (a) conversion of water-logged areas into ponds; (b) opening of drainage cuts; (c) pumping out sub-soil water; , (d) increasing the number of culverts and aqueducts or widening the existing ones along railway, canal or road embankments. 3-- Measures for improving bhur (sandy) soils such as: (a) construction of mends, dauls and bundhis and planting of munja sarkanda or others soil-binding grasses or plants thereon; (b) levelling of the-land ; (c) prohibition of deep cultivation by tractors; (d) growing of leguminous crops; (e) green manuring and application of bulky organic manure e, g. compost, farmyard manure, etc.; (f) control on grazing. 4-- Measures for prevention of usar formation and reclamation of user lands such as: (a) drainage of both surface and sub-soil water where the water-table is high; (b) construction of bundhis and impounding of rain and canal water in places where the water-table is low with a view to Washing down the injurious salts; (c) providing drainage cuts where there is water-logging; and (d) application of gypsum. 5-- Maintenance and repair of workers, conducive to soil and water conservation, whether these, works may have been executed under the plan or otherwise. 6-- Such other measures as may be prescribed.