Plan to demolish ashram for a new hall scrapped


THE Penang Hindu Endowment Board has scrapped its plans to pull down the 80-year-old Gandhiji Ashram in Jalan Kebun Bunga, Penang, to build a double-storey multipurpose hall at the site.

Its chairman Dr P. Ramasamy, who is also Deputy Chief Minister II, said there was “no way” the ashram would be demolished.

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