Bengaluru, June 12 -- Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has urged Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu to immediately revoke a reported ban on the entry of Totapuri mangoes from Karnataka into Chittoor district, calling the move "unilateral" and damaging to farmers' livelihoods.
In a letter dated June 11, Siddaramaiah expressed serious concern over the order allegedly issued by the Chittoor district collector on June 7, which barred the entry of Totapuri mangoes from other states into the district.
The Karnataka CM noted that multidisciplinary enforcement teams involving revenue, police, forest, and marketing department officials had been deployed at inter-state checkposts to enforce the ban.
"This abrupt and unilateral m...