On the occasion of the birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi, on Sunday, as many as 945 gram panchayats and 1714 villages of Chhattisgarh have been declared as Open Defecation Free (ODF), officials claimed.
Including this, now the number of (ODF) gram panchayats in the State has reached 4214 and number of ODF villages in State has reached 7634, they claimed.
On the occasion, three development blocks of Chhattisgarh namely Katghora, Pathariya and Mungeli have been declared ODF. The number of ODF development blocks in State has now reached 21.
Chief Minister Raman Singh congratulated the panch-sarpanch of 945 groam panchayats that have been declared as ODF on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti.
The highest in number, 298 Gram Panchayats and 581 villages of Mungeli district have been declared as ODF.
Of panchayats and villages declared as ODF, highest number of panchayats and villages i.e. 298 and 581 were of Mungeli district. 101 gram panchayats and 184 villages of Dhamtari district were also declared open-defecation free today. likewise, 101 Gram Panchayats of Rajnandgaon district and their 189 villages, 63 gram panchayats and 119 villages of Mahasamund district, 56 villages of 31 gram panchayats of Jashpur district, 82 villages of 44 Gram Panchayats of Korba district, 42 gram panchayats and 62 villages of Kabeerdham district, 35 Gram panchayats including 53 villages of Bemetara district, 35 villages including 33 gram panchayats of Durg district, 25 gram panchayats and their 25 villages in Bilaspur district, 22 gram panchayats and 35 villages of Dantewada district, 17 villages including 11 gram panchayats of Gariaband district, 18 villages including 10 gram panchayats of Baloda-bazar-Bhatapara district, 24 villages including 13 gram panchayats of Balrampur-Ramanujganj district, 15 gram panchayats and their 16 villages of Raipur district, 16 gram panchayats and their 27 villages in Kanker district, five gram panchayats and their 22 villages in Bastar (Jagdalpur) district, three gram panchayats and 29 villages of Raigarh district, 13 gram panchayats and 17 villages of Sukma district, six gram panchayats and 11 villages of Janjgir-Champa district, 14 gram panchayats and 17 villages of Surajpur district, nine gram panchayats and 14 villages of Sarguja district, six gram panchayats and 12 villages of Kondagaon district, six gram panchayats and 10 villages of Balod district, four villages including two gram panchayats of Bijapur district and four villages of Narayanpur district have been declared open-defecation free.