Kerala will be declared as open defecation-free State on its formation day on November 1 with the CPIM-led lDF Government planning to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend a function here.
A decision to this effect was taken at the State Cabinet meeting here on Thursday, an official statement said. The Cabinet decided to invite Modi, who has launched the Swachchh Bharat mission for a Clean India, to attend the State-level function to be held here, it said. A total of more than 1.90 lakh toilets are being constr-ucted across the 941 gramma pan-chayats in the State, including in individual houses, located at criti-cally challenged and hilly terrains, as part of the sanitation program-me by the State Government.