Ajitrao Ghaorpade, Water Resources Minister of Maharastra, said that Maharashtra has not promised Karnataka to supply water from Koyna reservoir. Speaking to reporters he said that there have been no agreements between Maharashtra and Karnataka on the supply of water from Koyna reservoir. Maharashtra will not release water to Karnataka as it was also facing a severe drought. Maharashtra has kept a reserve of water at Koyna reservoir to use it after June 2004. Karnataka has no rights to ask its share of water from any dams of Maharashtra, Ghaorpade said.