Rural sanitation has remained an issue which though of course government has been claiming time to time a success but is not . The ground reality is that there is a marginal change and much is needed to be done at people to people level. Building urinals and toilets have not made any difference it is the mindset of the people which has to be changed to bring in the desired results. Open defecation, public relieving, spitting and throwing waste on the road is so common despite the educational and income level. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has suggested 25 actionable points for promoting his flagship Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. Modi last week held a review of the progress of the programme that he started in October, 2014. The Prime Minister emphasised for the development of low-cost technology solutions to existing problems. It has also been learnt that Modi wants the ministries to promote success stories to motivate others to make the campaign a “people’s movement”. One of the ideas discussed was to honour authors of stories that have high impact on people and help in motivating them. In the rural sector, five states – Sikkim, Rajasthan, Goa, Meghalaya and Gujarat – have recorded good performance in the past 18 months. The coverage of households with toilets has increased to 51.8 per cent in March against 38.8 per cent in December 2013. The total number of Open-Defecation Free (ODF) villages is now 54,730. In urban areas, 33 lakh individual toilets have been completed or are under construction while the figure for community and public toilets is 2.18 lakh. The five top performing states in urban sanitation are Maharashtra, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh. Urban areas in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala are likely to be ODF by next year. A plan is also in place for a major sanitation drive at 100 iconic sites, including places of religious, tourist and heritage importance.