Mumbai: The Maharashtra governments recently established 'Open Defecation Free (ODF) Watch’ movement will "shame" people if they are found defecating in the open, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Sunday.
Fadnavis was addressing a gathering here, organized to declare inner-city of Maharashtra Open Defecation Free (ODF).
"Declaration of urban Maharashtra Open Defecation Free is not just a formality. A three-tier legalization process had been adopted where the cities, which became ODF were first inspected by the local administration, then by the state government and finally a central agency gave its nod," Fadnavis said.
He added that making the state ODF will not achieve its objectives until people changed their state of mind.
"Now we have a double responsibility at hand. We have to support people to use the record number of toilets created in the last two years," he said.
"We have installed a system called 'ODF Watch' where people will be forced, encouraged to use a toilet. If they defecate in the open, a whistle will be blown and people will be shamed for not using a toilet," he said.
He said the system will work from morning until the dusk for the next six months, to ensure people use a toilet. Fadnavis added a record number of 40 lakh toilets have been constructed in the state in the last two years.
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