UP will become Open Defecation Free state by Oct 2018: UP CM
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday declared that the state would become Open Defecation Free by October 2018, a year prior to the national target. The state's 30 out of the 75 districts will achieve the target by the end of 2017, he further said. Adityanath was speaking at a function to celebrate the National Panchayati Raj Day.