Meanwhile, Karnataka's Large and Medium Industries Minister MB Patil claimed he was unaware of the reasons behind Cooperation Minister KN Rajanna's resignation.
He cited a report by an expert committee constituted by the Maharashtra government, which confirmed this finding and clarified that the floods had nothing to do with the height of Karnataka's Alamatti and Hipparagi dams.
"Sangli and surrounding regions in Maharashtra witnessed severe floods in 1964, 1976, 1994 and 1997 -- all before the construction of the Alamatti dam. Moreover, as early as the year 2000, the Supreme Court had ruled that Karnataka is entitled to raise the height of the dam to 524.256 metres
This comes after Nara Lokesh made a pitch to the Aerospace industry to shift the project to Andhra Pradesh, following the Karnataka government's withdrawal of the plan to acquire land for an aerospace park in Bengaluru.
Amid Andhra Pradesh Minister Nara Lokesh's pitch to shift the aerospace park from Karnataka, M B Patil, Karnataka's Minister for Large and Medium Industries, asserted on Wednesday that the state government would not allow any industry to exit due to a lack of land.
Minister for Large and Medium Industries, MB Patil, announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet soon to discuss the project, which will cover two regions: Hubballi-Dharwad-Belgaum-Vijayapura in North Karnataka and Bengaluru Rural-Kolar-Chikkaballapur in South Karnataka.
MB Patil, Minister for Large and Medium Industries, has urged multilingual actor Prakash Raj to voice his opposition to land acquisition in other states as well, just as he has been doing in Karnataka over the proposed land acquisition in Devanahalli taluk for the Aerospace and Defence Park.
Minister for Large and Medium Industries, MB Patil, stated on Saturday that Rs 3.4 lakh crore worth of formal project applications have been filed out of the ₹5.56 lakh crore investment commitments made for the manufacturing sector during the Global Investors Meet (GIM) - Invest Karnat
The Tubachi-Babaleshwar Lift Irrigation Scheme provides water for both irrigation and drinking purposes in the regions of Babaleshwar, Tikota, Jamakhandi, and Athani.
Karnataka Minister MB Patil met Deputy CM DK Shivakumar to discuss a cabinet meeting in Vijayapura and the need for a reservoir to ensure water supply. Patil dismissed speculations of rifts within Karnataka Congress.
Amid rising tensions over land acquisition in Channarayapatna taluka, Karnataka Minister MB Patil on Tuesday assured farmers that no further land acquisition will take place, following several farmer-friendly decisions after a meeting with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and farmer representativ
Speaking with the media, Patil urged the BJP not to politicise the issue, as the state government is focusing on giving the best possible treatment to the injured in the incident.