Our water, our right: Shivakumar to Maha CM on Almatti dam issue
Karnataka Deputy CM DK Shivakumar criticised Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis for raising objections to Karnataka's proposed move to raise Almatti Dam's height. "I want to tell Fadnavis, you're not a judge. It is our water, our right," he said. Maharashtra's objection is that increasing Almatti Dam's height could cause flooding in Sangli and Kolhapur districts which share border with Karnataka.