Imphal, Jan 28 : The foot-ball development program being implemented under the aegis of All Manipur Football Association in the State has impressed the Asian Football Confederation, who also announced scrapping of similar program in Delhi.
In an official communiqué addressed to the general secretary of All India Football Federation Alberto Colaco, AFC general secretary Alex Soosay said the Confederation is ‘delighted with the success of Project Manipur and the efforts of all the parties in this regard’.
“Manipur FA has shown tremendous perseverance and dedication to escalate the level of football in Manipur, not only on the pitch but also off the pitch,” Soosay said in the January 18 AFC letter to the AIFF secretary.
The AFC letter sent to highlight some of the Vision Asia projects being initiated in India also declared Project Manipur a matured project and that the Confederation would continue to monitor related activities in Manipur in addition to affirming that in case and advice is needed the AFC would be more than happy to provide the input.
Pointing that Vision India project started in 2003 and since then the AFC had been working with the State football associations in India during which many interesting discussions on development of football were experienced, the AFC letter also announced that in the course of periodical revision of the program, progress of Project Delhi was found to be unsatisfactory.
Since the inception of Project Delhi in the year 2005, various meetings had been conducted between the officials of Delhi Soccer Association and AFC regarding he non-confirmation and amendments of the Statutes of Delhi Soccer Association, Soosay maintains in the letter while adding ‘we do of course understand the complexities of the situation and the difficulties faced in trying to made the amendments and changes as required by Vision Asia’.
Conveying its apparent displeasure with the Delhi Soccer Association, the AFC said, “However, in view of maximizing available resources, we have decided not to continue with Project Delhi with immediate effect,” and wished DSA the very best in their endeavors to develop football.
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