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New Delhi, Jan 26 (PTI) The North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) has been certified "Open Defecation Free" by the government, the civic body said on Wednesday.
A city or ward could be declared open-defecation-free if, at any point of the day, not a single person is found defecating or urinating in the open, and all community and public toilets are functional and well-maintained.
The NDMC has got "open defecation free" (ODF+) certificate from Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, NDMC Commissioner Sanjay Goel was quoted as saying in a statement issued by the civic body.
He said a "third-party inspection" conducted by IQVIA on behalf of the Union ministry.
This exercise was part of the nationwide Swachh Bharat Mission Urban 2.0 (SBM) and the inspection took place between December 14-17, he added.
IQVIA team surveyed 44 spots such as community toilet blocks, public toilets etc in areas falling in the jurisdiction of NDMC and amalgam of slums, residential colonies and markets, and "found no evidence of human excreta lying in the open, the report states," the civic body said.