Overview

• Industries Minister Subhash Shirodkar announced the cancellation after discussing the issue with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.
• Shirodkar quoted the chief minister as saying the government would not force the project on Codar residents.
• Villagers, many of them farmers, opposed the campus citing risks to natural habitat and livelihoods.
• The minister alleged unspecified vested interests spurred resistance and asserted farmers' land or livelihood would not have been affected.
• With Codar off the table, the state acknowledged Farmagudi has no room to expand and said a new site must be identified.