Days after Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration and Water Supply Minister SP Velumani denied reports of water scarcity and called them ‘manufactured’, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami accepted that there was a widespread water scarcity in Tamil Nadu.
It was only a few days ago Velumani denied news reports about water scarcity in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu and called it a handy job of some people. On Friday, after a review meeting with the ministers and higher officials of the state government about the water problems in the state, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister acknowledged, with SP Velumani seated next to him, that the state was indeed reeling under a water crisis.
Addressing reporters after the meeting, Palaniswami said that his government is doing everything it can to address the situation.