'Haryana to be open defecation free by 2017'
Haryana Development Minister OP Dhankar on Thursday said he has asked state government officials to make Haryana open defecation free by 2017. The people of Haryana should also be involved in achieving the target, he added. The minister also said it was a matter of pride that 1,317 villages in Haryana have declared themselves 'open defecation free'.