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Chennai’s beaches attract visiting youths

Updated - 10/3/2010 - hindu.com.

More than 600 students from other States have visited Chennai so far this year as part of inter-State youth exchange programmes.

A group of 90 such students, a chunk of them from the northeast, on Tuesday got an opportunity to interact with Governor Surjit Singh Barnala at Raj Bhavan.

Beaches in Chennai are the most attractive to the visiting youths, according to the unanimous reply of the group members to a query from Mr. Barnala during the meeting. The Governor urged the students to serve the nation with honesty, hard work and integrity.

Sense of cooperation

The youth exchange programmes are being organised to promote a sense of cooperation and understanding among the youth of the nation, said C.R. Kesavan, vice-president of Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development.

The young participants would be able to respect the cultural diversity of the country by understanding the cultural values and traditions of other States, he said. A group of students from south India would visit the northeast next month, said Mr. Kesavan.

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