6,000 Guj villages become Open Defecation Free
Gujarat government on Sunday announced that 6,000 villages in the state have become Open Defecation Free (ODF). All 18,000 villages would become ODF much before 2019, a target set by the Centre under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel claimed. She also criticised Congress for not addressing the problem from 1965 to 1995, when it was in power.