<p>Belagavi: Maharashtra government has reorganised the 18-member high power committee regarding the Karnataka-Maharashtra boundary dispute with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis as its chairman on Thursday.</p><p>The committee will decide on the measures to be taken regarding the boundary row and the next course of action on behalf of the government.</p><p>Karnataka is yet to depute a minister for overseeing the legal proceedings in the Supreme Court regarding which Maharashtra filed a suit in 2004. </p><p>The neighbouring state has been taking measures to protect its interests and the high power committee too has been reorganised.</p> .<p>A notification by Maharashtra government said that the committee had been first formed on May 2, 2000. It was reorganised on November 22, 2022 and December 7, 2024.</p> .<p>The committee is headed by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Its members are Deputy Chief Ministers Ekanath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, MP Sharad Pawar, MP Narayan Rane, Prithviraj Chavan, Higher Education and Boundary Dispute Coordination Minister Chandrakant Paitl, Tourism and Boundary Dispute Coordination Minister Shambhuraj Desai, Health Minister Prakash Abitkar, MLAs Jayant Patil, Suresh Khade, Sudhir Gadgil, Sachin Shetty, Rohit Patil, State Planning Board Working President Rajesh Kshirsagar, Prakash Awade and Leader of Opposition in Legislative Assembly and Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council.</p><p>Belagavi District Kannada Organisations Action Committee President Ashok Chandargi said, we have been urging Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to depute a minister for overseeing the suit filed by Maharashtra in the apex court regarding the Karnataka-Maharashtra boundary dispute, but have not seen any progress. We want the government to take the issue seriously to protect interests of the state.</p>
<p>Belagavi: Maharashtra government has reorganised the 18-member high power committee regarding the Karnataka-Maharashtra boundary dispute with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis as its chairman on Thursday.</p><p>The committee will decide on the measures to be taken regarding the boundary row and the next course of action on behalf of the government.</p><p>Karnataka is yet to depute a minister for overseeing the legal proceedings in the Supreme Court regarding which Maharashtra filed a suit in 2004. </p><p>The neighbouring state has been taking measures to protect its interests and the high power committee too has been reorganised.</p> .<p>A notification by Maharashtra government said that the committee had been first formed on May 2, 2000. It was reorganised on November 22, 2022 and December 7, 2024.</p> .<p>The committee is headed by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. Its members are Deputy Chief Ministers Ekanath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, MP Sharad Pawar, MP Narayan Rane, Prithviraj Chavan, Higher Education and Boundary Dispute Coordination Minister Chandrakant Paitl, Tourism and Boundary Dispute Coordination Minister Shambhuraj Desai, Health Minister Prakash Abitkar, MLAs Jayant Patil, Suresh Khade, Sudhir Gadgil, Sachin Shetty, Rohit Patil, State Planning Board Working President Rajesh Kshirsagar, Prakash Awade and Leader of Opposition in Legislative Assembly and Leader of Opposition in Legislative Council.</p><p>Belagavi District Kannada Organisations Action Committee President Ashok Chandargi said, we have been urging Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to depute a minister for overseeing the suit filed by Maharashtra in the apex court regarding the Karnataka-Maharashtra boundary dispute, but have not seen any progress. We want the government to take the issue seriously to protect interests of the state.</p>