By: Aakash Singh | December 05, 2023
A two-storey building, famously known as Bhide Wada property in Pune, was razed by Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC)
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The Bhide Wada was a historic building where social reformer Savitribai Phule started the country's first school for girls in Pune
PMC offcials with Zone 1 DCP Sandeep Singh Gill
Fire Brigade and PMC officials after demolition drive
The corporation decided in 2006 that a memorial would be built here in her honour. The acquisition process started in 2008
However, in 2010, the residents of Bhide Wada filed a lawsuit after putting forward their objections (to the acquisition process)
After the Supreme Courts's deadline ended, PMC officials moved for demolition to raise a national memorial
The site after the demolition was comepleted by PMC
Fire Brigade vehicles at the site ahead of demolition