6. Laying long coarse Grass on Road.
—This can be done in cases where the removal of sand or “reh” is not practicable or has proved ineffective. The grass is laid crosswise to prevent wheels sinking in.
II. Jungle and Trees.
1. Jungle.
—To be cut close to the ground or to be dug out by the roots when ordered. To be burned as soon as dry. Dead branches, twigs, etc., to be burned or removed to rest-houses, and not left about on canal land. Precautions to be taken against damage by fire to forests, etc. Clearance to include the channel[56] and both roads, and any jungle on the slopes of the spoil which obstructs the roads.[57]
[56] Jungle on inside slopes not to be cleared where banks fall in or where channel is too wide.
[57] When an embankment runs parallel to an inundation canal, a chain or so distant, the intervening space need not be cleared, nor need the top of a bank be cleared if it is so uneven that it is not a road.
2. Trees.
—Trees which fall into a channel or across a road to have their branches cut away at once. The trunk to be removed so far as is possible. Trees which are dead or broken off should be felled, also those which have been blown into inclined positions, unless bad gaps will be caused. Trees (unless required for stock) to be sold as they lie and removed, including the parts below ground, by purchasers, within a fixed time. Logs, etc., not to be left lying about on canal land. Stumps, etc., to be made into charcoal and the holes filled up.
Note.—The above works ([Parts I.] and [II.]) to be done immediately after the rains (repairs to roads and removal of trees, branches, etc., being also done during the rains or whenever necessary) and finished at latest by 31st October.