Kerala targets to be open defecation-free by Nov
The Kerala government has reaffirmed its target to declare the state as open defecation-free by November 1, this year. The government aims to achieve this through the state-run Suchitwa mission on sanitation, cleanliness, and public hygiene. Officials, however, observed that mobilising resources to attain the target may be a challenge in the tribal, hilly and coastal areas of the state.