Dismissing allegations by the BJP leader and Vijayapura MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal that a closure notice issued by the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) for a sugar factory operated by Siddhasiri Souharda Sahakari Niyamit (SSSN), run by a co-operative bank of which he is president, Minister for Forests, Ecology and Environment Eshwar Khandre said that there was no political motivation and the board was simply following the laws of the land.
Speaking to the media at Kalaburagi here on Saturday, Mr. Khandre also revealed that the Union government had imposed a fine of ₹1.5 crore on the sugar factory for non-compliance of environment norms and the factory had paid it.
