The Kalaburagi City Corporation has set itself an ambitious target to convert Kalaburagi as open-defecation free (ODF) city and to climb up the national ranking.
City Commissioner Snehal Lokhande, speaking to The Hindu, said that the city corporation has obtained the ODF+ certification in 2021. “Now we are focusing on getting ODF++ certifications from the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs”.
He said that Kalaburagi city has fulfilled almost all the parameters for improving the ranking and has submitted details of the measures initiated by the corporation to make the city open-defecation free by constructing community toilets in almost all the localities, continuous monitoring and maintenance of these toilets, and napkin incinerators have been installed in the exclusive ladies toilets.
