#ModiBirthday: 568kg ladoo unveiled on PM Modi's birthday
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar and his cabinet colleague Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi unveiled a 568kg ladoo on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 68th birthday today. Participating at a function organized by Sulabh International Social Service Organization, which is celebrating the Prime Minister's birthday as 'Swachhta Diwas', Javadekar said, "Sanitation coverage has significantly increased in the country in last four years." Here's more.
9 crore toilets have been constructed under Swachhta Campaign: Javadekar
Under the 'Swachhta Campaign' over 9cr toilets have been constructed and 450L villages have been declared open defecation free, Javadekar said. Stating that sanitation coverage was only 30% in India in the first 60-62 years, HRD Minister said under the leadership of Modi the coverage now stood at 90%. Union Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said sanitation has become a mass movement.
