Dream comes true for former Kerala Soccer skipper ten long years of wait

Dream comes true for Former Football Skipper Sylvester Ignatius, who has been for the last ten years dreaming of a home in the piece of land promised by the government soon after he led the team to lift the Santosh Trophy for the state in 2004. All bottlenecks have been cleared with respect of the land provided to him at Valiyathura near here.

The Thiruvananthapuram district collector has been asked to earmark the five cents of land already allotted to him out of 20 cents of land that was given as Perpetual lease (Kuthakapattam). The Collector was also asked to retrieve the remaining 15 cents of land and attach it to the Land Bank. The government gave the direction after a meeting was held here last week, in which officials from the revenue department and the district administration were present.




Though the government has taken such a stand, Ignatius is still doubtful to begin the construction of the home. ''I am still concerned if I could start the construction. As there is no stay for the land, the construction can be started. But if the person who got the Kuthakapatam again goes to the court, then what will happen?,'' he said. 

Source: The New Indian Express
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