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Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh has topped the country in water conservation and bagged the national award under the Jal Shakti Abhiyan for the year 2019. The award, instituted by the Union Ministry of Jal Shakti, was presented by Vice-President Mr M Venkaiah Naidu on 11 November 2020. Kadapa topped the list with 84.84 marks followed by Sangareddy in Telangana with 77.75 and Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu with 69.79. Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) is a time-bound campaign taken up on a mission mode approach to improving conditions in around 1,500 blocks in 255 districts across the country that are drought-affected, water-stressed or over-exploited.