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| Patil calls for broad-minded |
| A function organised in Chennai on Sunday to thank Sri Sathya Sai Baba for his contribution to the Telugu Ganga project.
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| INDIA
, 22-January-2007
3:28:28 AM |
| Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Sunday stressed the need for adopting a broad-minded approach to find a lasting solution to inter-State water disputes.
Addressing a meeting here organised by Chennai Citizen's Conclave to felicitate Sri Sathya Sai Baba for his contribution to the Telugu Ganga project, Mr. Patil said that though the country was blessed with perennial rivers people in some areas faced water scarcity.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi drew a parallel between the humanitarian assistance extended by the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust (SSSCT) and the benefits extended by the DMK Government to the poor. When the Krishna water scheme was envisaged, Sri Baba had promised assistance to ensure uninterrupted supply. Mr. Karunanidhi wanted the SSSCT to bear a part of the cost of a project for cleaning of Cooum.
Explaining his sharing a platform with Sri Baba, he said many might raise their eyebrows as to how an atheist could sit next to a spiritual leader. "I always respect genuinely saintly persons who uphold the principle that service to man is service to God," Mr. Karunanidhi added.
Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology Dayanidhi Maran thanked Sri Baba for expediting the project to ensure supply of water to the residents of Chennai.
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