Eight lakh toilets had been built in as many as 4,311 villages in 11 development blocks and 2,432 gram panchayats in less than two years of the launch of 'Swachch Bharat Mission' in Chhattisgarh, officials informed.
The villages had been declared 'Open Defecation Free' (ODF). It may be mentioned here that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched 'Swachch Bharat Mission' on birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2, 2014.
Efforts are being made to make six districts, 15 developmental blocks and 1500 gram panchayats 'Open defecation-Free' by 15 August 2016, officials informed.
The target is to make the rural areas in Chhattisgarh 'ODF' by December 2018.
Panchayat and Rural Development officials said that funds are provided to build toilets to the citizens.
Incentive money is provided apart from the cost of construction of toilets.