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Making a statement under Rule 110 in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on September 2, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay announced drinking water projects worth about ₹4,800 crore and said his government would withdraw cases registered against farmers and teachers who held peaceful protests during the previous DMK government.
Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay opened the sluice gates of the Mettur (Stanley) Reservoir on September 1 for Cauvery Delta cultivation and drinking water needs, his first such opening as Chief Minister. He said Cauvery water was Tamil Nadu's legal right under the Cauvery Tribunal's final award and the Supreme Court's 2018 verdict and that the state would not give it up, while the DMK and AIADMK criticised the government over the delayed release.
Presenting the Minorities Welfare Department's demands for grants in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on August 28, Minister A.M. Shahjahan announced that the government will bear the full undergraduate tuition fees of Muslim women admitted under the government quota in government, aided and self-financing colleges, and that a new Minorities Women's Arts and Science College will be set up in Chennai through the Tamil Nadu Wakf Board.
During the debate on demands for grants for the Social Justice Department in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on August 28, Social Justice Minister Vanni Arasu announced a new "Agam" housing scheme to build 2,500 permanent concrete houses for sanitation workers who lack adequate housing, and said a Tribal Cultural Centre would be set up at Nandanam in Chennai.
Leader of the Opposition Udhayanidhi Stalin of the DMK moved a calling attention motion in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on August 28 over rising prices of essential commodities, while AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami separately raised similar concerns the same day, both urging the TVK government to act to protect poor and middle-class households.
The Tamil Nadu government said on August 27 that Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay will open the sluice gates of the Mettur (Stanley) Reservoir on September 1 to release water for Kuruvai cultivation in the Cauvery Delta, more than two and a half months after the traditional June 12 opening date, with the delay attributed to reduced inflow from Karnataka.
In an apparently unprecedented move, Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay left his customary chair near the Speaker's seat during the August 27 afternoon sitting of the Tamil Nadu Assembly and sat in the front row between Leader of the House K.A. Sengottaiyan and Minister Aadhav Arjuna.
The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly conducted its first Question Hour of the 17th Assembly on August 27, months after the TVK government took office, following repeated demands from DMK MLAs; the delay had been attributed to state departments taking time to prepare replies to legislators' questions.