‘One lakh new houses under Kalaignar housing scheme’

The Tamil Nadu Government will construct one lakh new houses under the Kalaignar Kanavu Illam scheme in 2025-26 at a cost of Rs 3,500 crore, Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu told the State Assembly on Friday.

The housing scheme for the rural poor was named after late Chief Minister

and DMK Patriarch M Karunanidhi and was launched last year.

Presenting the 2025-26 Budget on the opening day of the session, Mr Thennarasu said the ‘Kalaignar Kanavu Illam’ (Kalaignar Dream Housing) scheme was launched  last year to honour the Muthamizh Arignar  Kalaignar’s compassion for the rural poor living in thatchedhuts and his vision of creating a hut-free Tamil Nadu.

The scheme was launched with the aim of constructing eight lakh concrete houses in rural areas of Tamil Nadu by 2030.

The construction of one lakh houses, which commenced last year, is progressing rapidly across all districts.

“Building on this effort, an additional one lakh houses will be taken up for construction in 2025-26 at a cost of Rs.3,500 crore”, he added.