India, May 14 -- Maharashtra minister for Other Backward Classes (OBC) Atul Save said the work on the Bhidewada National Memorial dedicated to social reformers Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule will be completed within the next year. Save made the announcement during an inspection visit to the memorial site in Pune on Wednesday.

"The memorial project, being executed through the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), is progressing rapidly, and around 90% of the work has already been completed," he said.

Save expressed satisfaction over the pace of work and instructed officials to complete the remaining development works on priority.

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