Section 288: Requirement to allow land to be used for ditch

1) If a person who needs to construct a ditch through others’ land to cultivate land requests land, the concerned owner of the land shall provide the land for the construction of the ditch through the place where the concerned landowner considers appropriate.

2) In consideration for the land provided for the construction of a ditch through it pursuant to sub-section (1), the person who constructs the ditch shall provide a substitute land, an amount according to the prevailing price of the land used in the construction of the ditch or reasonable compensation to the concerned landowner.

3) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (2), if a ditch is constructed in a public or government land, it is not required to provide a substitute land, the price of land or compensation for the land used in the construction of the ditch.