The Hindu
CHENNAI, INDIA, July 9, 2003: Even as the taps run dry following the hottest summer in 93 years, Chennai-ites have reason to celebrate. The Chennai Water Project of the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust is nearly 70% complete at the Andhra end. On January 19, 2002, after Sri Sathya Sai Baba announced that he would do something to provide drinking water to Chennai the Sri Sathya Sai Central Trust, a non-denominational, nonpolitical, nonprofit organization, swung into action. The project, which began in October 2002 and involved over 4,000 workers and 50 site engineers, is slated to be completed by August this year. The project is enormous in magnitude for a private trust to have undertaken.