Entire Bihar will be declared ODF state before March 22

Patna, Nov 19 (UNI) Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi today said that entire Bihar would be declared open defecation free (ODF) state before people celebrate ‘Bihar Diwas’ on March 22.

Addressing a ceremony to mark ‘World Toilet Day’ here, Mr Modi said that all people should change their mindset and use toilets. He said that only 22 percent houses in Bihar had the facility of toilets in 2014 but now more than 86 lakh toilets covering 82.40 houses of the state had been constructed during the last four years.

The deputy chief minister said that 11 districts of the state had already been declared ODF districts and exhorted authorities concerned to declare entire Bihar ODF state before March 22. He said that the target had been fixed to declare entire country free from the menace of open defecation by October 02 next year.