Modi claims India toilet milestone, delays pledge to eradicate single-use plastic
By DW
20 October 2019 |
10:49 am
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in bullish form on the 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's birth, saying open defecation was a thing of the past in India. Experts are not so certain, though.
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