KOLHAPUR: The work of redevelopment of Bhide Wada of Pune where the country's first girls school was started in 1848 by Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule will start within two months said, Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde.
The Maharashtra CM was speaking at Naigaon in Satara district, the birth place of Savitribai Phule on Tuesday.
Shinde said that he held meeting with the shop-keepers who had moved to the court and the impediments for redeveloping the Bhide Wada as a national monument have been resolved.
"Several meetings were held earlier. Recently we called all those who went to the court. We assured them that all their concerns will be addressed. The residents, shop keepers will get the compensation and within two months all the issues will be settled. We will lay the foundation stone of the national monument in two months," said Shinde.
A school for girls will also be set up at Bhide Wada as part of redevelopment.
