Karunanidhi's appeal to Centre on relief to Sri Lankan Tamils !!!

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Friday asked External Affairs Minister S M Krishna to prevail upon Sri Lanka to allow unloading of a ship carrying relief material sent by overseas Tamil diaspora for the displaced people in the island nation.
The Vessel -- MV Captain Ali -- which set sail from Britain on April 20, is currently anchored outside Chennai port as it was turned away by Lankan Navy on June nine after detaining it for several days.
According to Lankan Navy, the ship was turned away on the ground that it violated internationally accepted formalities followed by merchant ships seeking to enter Lankan waters and that it did not conform to the International Ships Port Facility Security (ISPS) code.
In a letter to Mr. Krishna, Mr. Karunanidhi said the ship carrying humanitarian aid collected by Tamils in Europe for the internationally displaced Tamils in Sri Lanka was turned away by the island nation's Navy. It is carrying about 884 tonnes of food, medicine and other relief materials.
"I consider it appropriate and timely as well as critical for Government of India to intervene at this juncture and persuade Government of Sri Lanka to allow unloading of the relief materials sent through the Vessel," he added.
He said he was deputing State Minister for Higher Education K Ponmudi to meet Krishna to take up the matter with him.