BANGALORE: Karnataka Chief Minister N Dharam Singh on Tuesday said he has decided to review the controversial Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor (BMIC) project.

After paying a surprise visit to the Bangalore Development Authority, Singh told reporters that as a first step the state government had asked the Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprises (NICE) not to take up township projects, until the government spelt out its view on the entire project.

Singh, heading the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) coalition government, had to face war of words between former Prime Minister and JD(S) Chief H D Deve Gowda and former Chief Minister S M Krishna, as both shot of separate missives to him hurling charges and counter-charges against each other.

Gowda, in his 29-page letter, called for probe into the alleged land scams in the BMIC project, targeting Krishna, former Industries Minister R V Deshpande and another former Minister D K Shivakumar.

Krishna, rebutting the charges in his 19-page letter, demanded that the government shelve the project.

Remaining non-committal on whether the government would oblige Krishna, Singh said, "we will review the project and initiate action whereever irregularities had taken place".

"We have to look into the pros and cons of calling off the project as agreements were signed way back 1997", Singh asserted when repeatedly asked to elaborate on what he meant by "review of the project".