All 73 municipalities will be made open defecation free: KTR

Municipal administration minister KT Rama Rao has directed all 73 municipalities in the state to become open defecation free (ODF) by the end of December and also ensure that every household in the municipality has one individual latrine by June 15 next year. He announced the constitution of an eight-member committee with senior officials to suggest reforms in sani tation, revenue and overall development of facilities in the municipalities. The committee will submit its report in a month, he said.

The minister held a review meeting with all municipal



commissioners of the state here on Monday . He said the TRS government was committed to providing infrastructure facilities in all municipalities including new district headquarters and for that, it will be raising `5,000 crore loan from financial institutions.

KTR said all the civic bodies should achieve 100% tax collection in the current financial year. The minister said since the Layout Regularization Scheme (LRS) was one of the main sources of revenue, he told the authorities to speed up the processing of applications.