Bengaluru, Nov. 5 -- Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar has sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention in addressing the state's infrastructure, irrigation and sugarcane farmers' concerns, following an exchange of letters between the two leaders on the occasion of Kannada Rajyotsava.

While the Prime Minister extended greetings to Shivakumar and the people of Karnataka on November 1, the Chief Minister, in his replies, raised several pending issues, including a special financial package for Bengaluru, clearances for key irrigation projects and demands of sugarcane farmers in North Karnataka.

In a five-page letter dated October 31, Prime Minister Modi extended warm greetings to Shivakumar on Kannada Rajyotsava, describing Karn...