Uttarakhand 4th state to be open defecation free

Dehradun, June 6: Uttarakhand has become the fourth open defecation free (ODF) state in the country, an official said on Tuesday.

Till March, only seven districts in the state were ODF. Haridwar, Paudi and Dehradun too became ODF on May 31, senior Minister Prakash Pant said.

He also said that ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government came to power in Uttarakhand, a large number of toilets had been built.

The government was mulling physical verification of all personal domestic toilets built after October 2, 2014, when the project was kicked off by the central government.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to give Uttarakhand an ODF certificate in July.