After languishing in the back burner for nearly eight years, the much-anticipated proposal for constructing a 'Marathi Bhasha Bhavan' in Mumbai was finally been approved and given the green signal by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday.

The Bhavan will come up in the premises of the existing Jawahar Bal Bhavan on Marine Drive and the construction work will start from December this year, with a completion target of 18 months.