India, Oct. 29 -- The Maharashtra government has approved a Rs.230 crore plan for the comprehensive development of Phulewada, the former residence of social reformers Mahatma Jyotiba Phule and Savitribai Phule in Pune, ahead of Jyotiba Phule's 200th birth anniversary.

The plan includes beautification of the premises and acquisition of additional land, revenue minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule said on Wednesday after a special meeting of the cabinet sub-committee on Other Backward Classes (OBCs), which he chaired.

The meeting also decided that the memorial at Bhidewada, where Savitribai Phule started the first school for girls, would be completed within three weeks, according to an official release.

In a series of measures aimed at the ...