Hours after Kerala claimed that Tamil Nadu government had rejected its offer of 20 lakh litres of water, Tamil Nadu municipal administration minister SP Velumani on Thursday denied the claims. In a tweet, SP Velumani denied reports of rejecting the offer made by Kerala.
Explaining the sequence of events, the minister said Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’ s secretary contacted his Tamil Nadu counterpart and discussed the proposal to send 20 lakh litres water on a train from Thiruvananthapuram to Chennai.
As Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami had gone for medical treatment, his secretary took up the matter with local administration minister. Edappadi K Palaniswami will chair a high-level meeting on Friday in the Secretariat to discuss Kerala's offer to supply 20 lakh litres of water, added SP Velumani. 

Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami is expected to interact with all district officials through video conferencing to take stock of the acute water crisis in Tamil Nadu. SP Velumani, in a statement, thanked the Pinarayi Vijayan-led Kerala government for the offer.