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State to push for two defence corridors during Rajnath meet

Govt eyeing Kolar–Chikkaballapura & Hubballi–Belagavi regions

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  • The Chief Minister is scheduled to meet Singh in the national capital on Wednesday evening.

Bengaluru, 8 July

Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries MB Patil on Tuesday said he, along with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, would meet Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in New Delhi to request the sanctioning of two defence corridor projects for the State. The Chief Minister is scheduled to meet Singh in the national capital on Wednesday evening.

“As the country’s leading contributor to the aerospace and defence sector, Karnataka deserves two defence corridors—one in the Kolar–Chikkaballapura region and the other in the Hubballi–Belagavi belt. We will present this request during our meeting with Rajnath Singh,” Patil said.

Speaking to reporters, he said there was a need for one corridor each in South and North Karnataka, pointing out that leading companies such as Aequs already operate in Belagavi.

Noting that the State should have been granted a defence corridor when Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh were allotted theirs, Patil said even the Central government had realised this oversight, and Rajnath Singh himself had acknowledged it.

“We are not against projects being sanctioned for other states. We are only demanding what Karnataka rightfully deserves,” he said.

“The State is home to major players such as HAL, Safran, Boeing, Airbus, Collins, and Lockheed Martin. We already have an aerospace park near the Devanahalli airport. To further strengthen our position, the government now proposes another aerospace and defence park nearby. Farmers who lose their land will be compensated under the Land Acquisition Act, 2013,” he said.

This move comes as farmers have been protesting against the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board’s (KIADB) notification for acquiring fertile land in Devanahalli for the proposed park.

In response to actor Prakash Raj’s opposition to the project, Patil highlighted land acquisition projects in neighbouring state saying, “Does Prakash Raj not see these developments?” 

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