‘Limit heritage status to ashram building’

The Vivekananda Ashrama Kuala Lumpur wants to be able to develop the surrounding land and be allowed to use the property as it deemed fit. — filepic

THE owner of the 110-year-old Viveka­nanda Ashram building and the land around it has applied to initiate judicial review proceedings to compel the National Heritage Department commissioner to gazette only the building as a heritage site.

The company – The Vivekananda Ashrama Kuala Lumpur – wants to be able to develop the surrounding land and be allowed to use the property as it deemed fit.