<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, the District administration, Shopian is making concerted efforts to promote sanitation under the Swachh Bharat Mission.<br />''<br />''Talking to AIR News, Executive Officer of the Municipal Council of this South Kashmir district, Suhail Malik stated that they have been able to effect mass scale behaviour change to promote toilet use and freedom from open defecation. He said the Council has constructed nearly 500 household-owned toilets so far. Shopian was the first Open Defecation Free district of the Union Territory. It was declared ODF on the 13th of September, 2018.<br />''<br />''The Executive Officer also informed that the Council has constructed 120 houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas – Urban in pursuance of the Government's vision of Housing for All. </span><br />