The top performing states and UTs which have 100 per cent ODF Plus villages are Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Dadra Nagar Haveli, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Ladakh, Puducherry, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Tripura.
Minister directed the officials to conduct Gram Sabha in each village to identify the needs of the village and to take them up and complete them within ten days during the joint drive of Haritha Haram, Palle and Pattana Pragathi
He said 43 per cent of the State's population was residing in urban areas and it was likely to touch 50 per cent in the next five years, which was indicative of rapid urbanisation.