Over 5 lakh villages declared open defecation free: PM Modi
PM Narendra Modi on Sunday said that over 5 lakh villages in India have been declared open defecation free (ODF) and 98% of rural India is under sanitation coverage. He added that 9 crore households have been provided with toilets. "India is moving towards liberation from open defecation much prior to the target of October 2, 2019," he further said.