A ₹100 crore ‘Kalam Knowledge Centre and Space Museum,’ planned in Thiruvananthapuram as a memorial to former President and ‘missile man’ A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, is now stuck on the horns of a ‘heritage’ dilemma. The trouble appears to be that the five-storey complex is planned in a heritage zone and barely a stone’s throw away from the Kowdiar Palace, a structure of great historical importance in the history of Travancore. “Kowdiar is a designated heritage zone. Heritage glitchThe ‘heritage glitch’ has now spurred fears that the project would be taken elsewhere.

Source: The Hindu January 20, 2019 19:18 UTC