Salman wants open defecation-free Mumbai

Actor Salman Khan has become part of The Clean India Mission and has joined forces with Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and the I Love Mumbai foundation to make Mumbai open defecation-free.

On Friday, Khan, along with BMC chief Ajoy Mehta, and with the help of Rahul Kanal’s I Love Mumbai foundation, Sahib Realty and Sach Ishaan, handed over public utility toilets at Madras Pada, Aarey Milk Colony, to the residents of the area to combat its open defecation problem.

“It feels good, but it’s just a beginning. I think there are 3,000-plus houses where each house has six to eight people. So as many existing toilets were there, we just rebuilt them and gave them water connection,” Khan said.

“In 3,000-plus houses, there were only 36 toilets. So there is a lot of scope. We will get permission to make toilets in their houses, given that they have space in their houses,” he added.

Mehta expressed his gratitude to Khan, who also paid for the utility toilets.

Last year, Khan was named ambassador for the BMC’s anti-open defecation campaign.