BENGALURU: Karnataka and Maharashtra chief ministers BS Yediyurappa and Devendra Fadnavis met in Mumbai on Tuesday to discuss a range of inter-state issues, including the Bengaluru-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (BMIC) and the Mahadayi award.The two CMs decided to pursue with the Centre the next steps to be taken towards developing the BMIC, which has already got central approval. The two states too have approved a perspective plan.While Karnataka has identified Dharwad to develop as a node under the project, Maharashtra has favoured Sangli/Solapur.In Karnataka, the government has identified 9,213 acres for developing the Dharwad node. The two states as well as the Centre are ruled by the BJP which may help the project gain momentum.The two CMs decided to settle water issues of mutual interest by pursuing them with the Centre. They decided to request the Centre to call for a meeting of the CMs of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Goa on issuing a Gazette notification of the award passed by the Mahadayi River Waters Tribunal. Once the award is notified by the Centre, the states concerned can share water as stipulated in the award.The two chief ministers also decided to file a joint affidavit in the SC on sharing the Krishna river waters, and request the Centre to issue a gazette notification of the award of the Krishna River Waters Disputes Tribunal. Yediyurappa and Fadnavis decided to form a high-level coordination committee consisting of officials from the two states on a staggering release of water from the Koyna dam in Maharashtra soon after the onset of monsoon every year.The downstream areas of Almatti reservoir in Karnataka were affected badly after Maharashtra opened the gates of its reservoirs causing flash floods, last month.The massive damage in Karnataka could have been averted had Maharashtra gradually released water from the Koyna dam instead of waiting for it to fill.Fadnavis had even sought the BJP national leadership’s intervention to bring pressure on his Karnataka counterpart to increase the quantum of release from the Almatti reservoir to prevent flooding in parts of southern Maharashtra.