Kerala will be declared as the open defecation-free state on its formation day on date November 1 with the CPIM-led LDF government planning to further invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the function.
This decision was taken at the state Cabinet meeting here today, according to an official statement.
The Cabinet has decided to invite Modi, who has also launched the Swachh Bharat mission for a Clean India, to attend the state-level function to be held here, it said.
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A total of more than 1.90 lakh toilets are also being constructed across the 941 gramma panchayats in the state.
It will also include individual houses, located at some critically challenged and hilly terrains, as part of the sanitation programme by the state government.
Suchitwa Mission, the state of the nodal agency for sanitation, which is further implementing the plan said work on 35 per cent of the toilets had already been completed and the state would further achieve the new milestone by November.
