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People don't think. That is quite the problem in TamizhnaaDu today. Dr. Kalaignar Karunanidhi the great chanakya of DMK has announced that he is going to give 2 acres of land for landless farmers if his party wins. Let us see some facts. Total agricultural area of TN is 58 Lakhs hectare, which is roughly 116Lakhs acres. After the spat between Jaya and Kalaignar we came to know that Dr. Kalaignar is going to give around 50Lakhs acres of land totally from the arid lands in TN. It will take roughly 4 years to make a plain(note plain, not rocky) arid land to a cultivable land called punsei nilam.And another 10 years to make it a punsei nilam where money crops can be cultivated. Even for 116 Lakhs acre we are fighting for water with AP, Karnataka and Kerala. How can we provide water for 50 lac acres? Where will the water come from? Where will the people get money, material and resource to make an arid land into a cultivable land? Who will give credit? Govt? Banks? Govt- Not possible as ...