Yogi govt to make UP 'open defecation free' with 15 mn toilets by Oct 2018

Scheme will cover 59,000 gram panchayats across all 75 districts in the state

Even as Uttar Pradesh fared poorly in the cleanliness survey 2017, Yogi Adityanath government is aiming to achieve open defecation-free (ODF) status for the state by October 2018.
 
To achieve this target the government would construct about 15.5 million toilets across 75 districts in the state. Government would be imparted two months’ technical training in this regard 1,50,000 masons.
 
Under Swachh Bharat Mission, UP is working towards making all its 59,000 gram panchayats ODF by October 2018, which would correspond to the incumbent Yogi regime completing one-and-half years in office.
 
While, 30 districts are being targetted to