Udupi: Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister HK Patil said that 7 districts, 26 taluks and 1000 villages would be declared open defecation free on October 2.
He opined that Udupi district had achieved 100% open defecation free and the same would be declared on October 2. He announced that so far 25 lakh toilets had been built and this year another 12 lakh toilets would be constructed.