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Once it is addressed, all urban local bodies in the district would be open defecation-free, leading in the State. He said that the urban local bodies of Vitla and Kotekar have been facing shortage of land for landfill sites. Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday, the Minister said that urban local bodies of Mangaluru, Puttur and Belthangady have been declared as open defecation-free now. The Minister said that migration of people to urban areas was increasing and accordingly, there was an urgency to create infrastructure facilities in the jurisdiction of urban local bodies. more-inThe stage is set for declaring Dakshina Kannada as the first district to have open defecation-free urban local bodies, according to Eshwar B.
Khandre, Minister of State for Municipal Administration and Public Enterprises..