Ludhiana:
Under the 'Swachh Bharat Mission', 100 villages in Ludhiana will become 'Open Defecation Free' by October 2 this year, a senior official said today.
Under the first phase of this project, all rural households in 100 villages of the district would be covered and each household would be provided with toilets by the state government by October 2 this year, Ludhiana's Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) Supreet Singh Gulati said.
This project would be completed in a phased manner in 2017, he said.
"In the first phase, 100 villages would be covered by October 2 and within next three years, all the villages of the district would be ODF," Mr Gulati added.