Ballari MP Tukaram seeks Centre’s intervention to settle Karnataka-Andhra boundary dispute

Ballari Lok Sabha member E. Tukaram has sought the Centre’s intervention to ensure an impartial examination and determination of the inter-State boundary between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in the Ballari region, particularly regarding an area of about 68.5 hectares under a lease held by Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC).

In identical letters dated September 23 to Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Inter-State Council Secretariat Secretary Ashish Srivastava, Mr. Tukaram sought the intervention of a competent Central authority or agency to examine the boundary issue in coordination with the Governments of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh and the Survey of India.