45,052 villages attain ODF-plus model status: Centre | Bhubaneswar News
Kendrapada: Odisha has declared 45,052 villages as open defecation-free (ODF) Plus (Model) as of July 31, 2026, with nearly all of them having completed the first round of verification, the Centre informed Lok Sabha on Thursday.Replying to a question by Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi, Union minister of state for jal shakti V Somanna said 44,921…