South Indian States Discuss Water and Border Issues with Amit Shah
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Amit Shah is India's Home Minister. He went to Tamil Nadu for a meeting.
The meeting was for the Southern Zonal Council. This group has leaders from south Indian states.
Chief Minister Vijay welcomed Amit Shah in Tamil Nadu. He also asked for two big things.
Leaders talked about water sharing between states. They also talked about border disputes.
Amit Shah made a suggestion to the southern leaders. All the chief ministers said they support it.
But people asked about delimitation. This means changing the number of seats in Lok Sabha. Many in the south worry about this.
The leaders will have another regional meeting soon. They will talk more about water and border problems.
Vocabulary15 words
- Home Minister
- a top government leader who looks after safety in a country
- Southern Zonal Council
- a group of leaders from south Indian states who meet to talk
- water sharing
- when states agree how to split water from rivers
- border disputes
- arguments about where one state ends and another begins
- suggestion
- an idea you give to someone
- support
- to agree with and help something
- delimitation
- changing how many seats each area gets in government
- Lok Sabha
- the main law-making group in India's government
- regional meeting
- a meeting for people from one part of a country
- chief minister
- the top leader of a state in India
- welcomed
- greeted someone in a friendly way
- demands
- things people ask for strongly
- concerns
- worries about something
- leaders
- people who guide a group or country
- meeting
- when people come together to talk
Quiz
Answer key
1. Amit Shah 2. They supported it 3. Delimitation
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
Amit Shah is India's _____ Minister. He went to Tamil Nadu for a _____.
The meeting was for the Southern Zonal _____. This group has leaders from south Indian states.
Chief Minister Vijay _____ Amit Shah in Tamil Nadu. He also asked for two big things.
Leaders talked about water _____ between states. They also talked about border _____.
Amit Shah made a _____ to the southern leaders. All the chief ministers said they _____ it.
But people asked about _____. This means changing the number of seats in Lok Sabha.
The leaders will have another regional _____ soon.