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55,000 Pondy houses to have toilet facility

Puducherry, June 30 (UNI) The 55,000 households without toilet facility will soon have it as per a proposal by the administration under the Swachh Bharath Abhiyan scheme, Chief Minister V Narayanasamy said here on Thursday.
Speaking after launching the 20 kg free rice distribution at Abishegapakkam, the Chief Minister said an amount of Rs 120 crore is needed to build toilets, and the CM revealed that he had urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his meeting recently to make available the funds.
Revealing that the Prime Minister was positive to the request, which is aimed to make Puducherry a clean city, Mr Narayanasamy said that the scheme would be launched by October 2.
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