Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Ajay Chandrakar informed Chhattisgarh Assembly on Wednesday that all the nine development blocks of Rajnandgaon district had been declared ‘Open Defecation Free’ (ODF).
In a written reply to Congress member Girwar Janghel, the Minister informed that all the 62 villages of Chuikhadan development block in Kairagarh Development Block had been declared ‘ODF’.
The State Government offered `7.24 crores as encouragement amount in the district for construction of toilets, he informed.