Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis congratulated Mumbai and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) after the city was certified open-defecation free (ODF) by the Quality Council of India (QCI), a government regulator. Mumbai becomes Open Defacation Free (ODF). The area includes the old island city, the western and the eastern suburbs of Mumbai, all administered by the BMC. The protocol followed by the SBM to declare any city ODF is the same as the QCI’s. The SBM has not declared Mumbai or suburban Mumbai ODF.

Source: Hindustan Times August 05, 2017 07:41 UTC