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Karnatakas Industries Minister MB Patil on Sunday took exception to his Kerala counterpart P Rajeeves entreaties to Bengaluru-based IT companies to consider investments in Kerala promising plenty of water and other facilities...
Many parts of India including Kerala have been reeling under water scarcity due to drought and severe summer..
In such a situation, the offer from Kerala's industries minister to the Bengaluru companies to move into his state does not reflect a healthy competitive spirit, Patil said.. ET had, on March 27, reported about the Kerala Industries department writing to top tier technology companies in Bengaluru to consider the coastal state for expansion..
But, Kerala which has been unable to show such performance, was now trying to take advantage of the water scarcity situation, he said.. While wooing our industries, the Kerala minister mentioned that his state has 40 rivers..
He sought to convey to the industries in Bengaluru that the government has been working on facilitating a dedicated system to provide river water from nearby places to industrial areas and has held meetings about facilitating supply of Cauvery water for industrial areas in Bengaluru...
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