The Gov­ern­ment yes­ter­day dis­trib­uted 110 res­i­den­tial leas­es to for­mer work­ers of Ca­roni (1975) Lim­it­ed, bring­ing the to­tal to 310 since tak­ing of­fice in April.

The cer­e­mo­ny, held at the Diplo­mat­ic Cen­tre in St Ann’s, fea­tured Di­vali-themed hos­pi­tal­i­ty, with guests treat­ed to tra­di­tion­al sweets such as parsad, goolab jamoon, and barfi, along­side In­di­an cul­tur­al per­for­mances.

Min­is­ter of Land and Le­gal Af­fairs Sad­dam Ho­sein de­scribed the oc­ca­sion as “an­oth­er promise made and an­oth­er promise kept,” not­ing that many re­cip­i­ents had been wait­ing 22 years to re­ceive their res­i­den­tial lots.