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We had sent in our application for upgradation to ODF+ status. Surat: A quality control India (QCI) team from Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) will check, verify and validate Surat’s status as an open defecation free+ (ODF+) city next week. The team will also decide on city’s claim for three star rating out of seven during its visit.Dr Ashish Naik, deputy commissioner of health, told TOI, “We achieved ODF free status last year. The QCI team will also check and validate our application for three star rating.”MoUD has been classifying cities depending upon infrastructure and facilities for public use. For a city to get ODF+ status, 10 per cent of its public toilets need to be self-sustained and should have vending machines, hand driers, floodlights and stable infrastructure.Some 160 public toilets will be taken into account in Surat and at present over 67 have the required facilities..