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A state-level function will be organised in Thiruvananthapuram on November 1 to declare Kerala as open defecation-free state to which PM Modi will be invited. Picture for representational
purposes only Kerala will be declared as open defecation-free state on its formation day on November 1 with the CPI(M)-led LDF government planning to invite Prime Minister Narendra Modi to
attend a function in Thiruvananthapuram. A decision to this effect was taken at the state Cabinet meeting on Thursday, an official statement said. The Cabinet decided to invite Modi, who has
launched the Swachh Bharat mission for a Clean India, to attend the state-level function to be held here, it said. A total of more than 1.90 lakh toilets are being constructed across the
941 gramma panchayats in the state, including in individual houses, located at critically challenged and hilly terrains, as part of the sanitation programme by the state government. Suchitwa
Mission, the state nodal agency for sanitation, which is implementing the plan said work on 35% of the toilets had already been completed and the state would achieve the new milestone by
November.