A couple who had set aside a piece of land to fund their Haj pilgrimage has donated it for the State government's Livelihood Inclusion Financial Empowerment (LIFE) Housing Mission to construct houses for economically weaker sections. The mission had recently launched a campaign titled 'Manassodithiri Mannu' requesting people to contribute land for the project.
Haneefa and Jasmine from Kozhencherry in Pathanamthitta district donated 28 cents of land for the campaign. They had earlier planned to sell the land to fund their Haj pilgrimage. However, they later decided to donate to the cause of building houses for the poor.
Health Minister Veena George on Sunday visited their house to accept their letter in which they agreed to donate the land. Minister for Local Self-Governments M.V. Govindan contacted the couple over phone and lauded them for their gesture. He said that they had set a model for the society.
