Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said on Friday the Rs 30,000-crore (Rs 300 billion) steel project by Korean major Posco will not come up in Gadag district in the state without farmers' consent.
"The Posco project will not be set up against the farmers' wishes," he said.
He directed Gadag Deputy Commissioner Shankar Narayan to submit a letter in this regard to Tontadarya Mutt seer Siddalinga Swamiji, who is spearheading an agitation in the district against the proposed project.
"I do not wish to go against the wishes of the farmers and the swamiji as I am a pro-farmers man.
"As such there will be no Posco steel plant in Gadag district and I am not acquiring fertile farmlands for the purpose," Yeddyurappa, who arrived in Hubli to attend the two-day