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UP along with 3 other states fails to meet ODF target by 2019: CSE

Lucknow, Aug 31 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh along with three other states -- Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha -- has failed to keep up with its target for becoming Open Defection Free (ODF) state by 2019.

According to a new findings published today by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi-based research and advocacy body, these four states accommodate a massive 60 per cent people who defecate in open and unless these states become ODF, India cannot meet its target.
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