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Speaking to reporters here in Hubballi, Shettar said that he decided not to go ahead with the 11-day visit due to flood situation in Belagavi and other parts of North Karnataka.
As per media reports, the minister and few of the department officials were planning on bringing their family along on the government-sponsored trip, from November 6 to 17.
Clarifying on the issue, Shettar said that they had been officially invited to attend an investors’ meet in China and United Kingdom.
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Further he informed that while the trip was sponsored by the government for him and the officials, he had proposed to bear the expenses of his wife’s ticket.