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Rajkot to declare itself as open defecation free
June 04, 2016 5:34 am
The move is likely to to boost credential of Rajkot as among the cleanest cities of India.
PM Modi’s hometown to be open defecation-free by March 15
March 02, 2016 2:19 am
Incidentally, a baseline survey was conducted in 2012 in Mehsana covering 601 gram panchayats out of 655 villages in the district. As per the survey, construction works of 1,38,013 toilets were not completed.
Make district free of open defecation by year-end,orders Dalvi
September 28, 2010 6:12 am
With 85 per cent of Pune district being free of open defecation,district collector Chandrakant Dalvi has issued orders that the officials should work towards a district free of open defecation by the end of this year.
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