Kerala- India's first open defecation-free’ state
posted on Aug 21, 2016 @ 6:16PM
Come November, Kerala will be decalred India's first 'open defecation-free’ state. Kerala will be among the most populous states in the country with the completion of 1.90 lakh toilets in its 941 village panchayats by this November. Suchitwa Mission, the state nodal agency for sanitation, is implementing the plan which has a total outlay of Rs 308 crore. Executive Director of Suchitwa Mission, K Vasuki said that the target is to construct around 1.90 lakh toilets across the 941 Gram panchayats in the state Kerala. The construction of 35% of toilets has already been completed and work of nearly 70,000 is under construction. "Though it was a challenging task, we are committed and confident that the state would achieve the new milestone by this November," Vasuki.