<p>Over 2000 people at various villages across the district celebrated Rakshabandhan by gifting toilets to their sisters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They responded to Zilla Panchayat’s initiative of gifting toilets to sisters on Rakshabandhan Day to covert Belagavi into open defecation district by October 2.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The initiative started last year has received overwhelming response,” Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer R Ramachandran said. </p>.<p class="bodytext">To achieve the target, the Zilla Panchayat is encouraging people to gift toilets on important days.</p>
<p>Over 2000 people at various villages across the district celebrated Rakshabandhan by gifting toilets to their sisters.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They responded to Zilla Panchayat’s initiative of gifting toilets to sisters on Rakshabandhan Day to covert Belagavi into open defecation district by October 2.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“The initiative started last year has received overwhelming response,” Zilla Panchayat Chief Executive Officer R Ramachandran said. </p>.<p class="bodytext">To achieve the target, the Zilla Panchayat is encouraging people to gift toilets on important days.</p>
