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“Community-driven water management law has to be enacted for effective water management,” he said. He added that the declaration gave importance to national water literacy mission, which would make the students water-sensitive by incorporating water conservation and management in the curriculum. Water literacy campaign should be launched to educate farmers and the general public, and efforts should be taken to ensure water discipline among all the stakeholders, he said. He said the participants wanted the NITI Aayog, the Parliament, and the State Assemblies to discuss ways of implementing the Vijayapura Declaration. Addressing the media, Mr.
Satyanatayana said the historic convention, held for under the leadership of ‘Waterman of India’ Rajendra Singh, passed the ‘Vijayapura Declaration-2017,’ which emphasised separate land and water rights to ensure equity to water management..