PM praises jawan for making village open defecation free
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has praised Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawan Vikas Thakur for contributing his salary to make his village in Himachal Pradesh open defecation free. Reportedly, Vikas signed a cheque for ₹57,000 and asked the village panchayat to pay one thousand to each of the 57 houses for building toilets to make their village open defecation free.