Free land distribution for the landless poor
At Tiruvallur, Karunanidhi began handing out free land to landless poor families, delivering on a DMK election pledge.
Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi inaugurated the free land distribution scheme for landless poor families at Tiruvallur on 17 September 2006, Periyar's birth anniversary. The DMK had made it a central promise of its 2006 Assembly election campaign. Across the state, around 25,000 farmers were given 26,321 acres on the day of the launch. According to the government, the scheme would continue, handing over available land to families without any.
