Committed to improving sanitation facilities: PM

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reaffirmed his government's commitment to improving sanitation facilities across the country and hailed all those involved in building toilets. World Toilet Day is an official United Nations international observance day, celebrated on this day to raise awareness of the global sanitation crisis.

In a series of tweets, he said, "On World Toilet Day we reaffirm our commitment towards improving sanitation facilities across the nation".

"I compliment all those individuals and organisations working towards building more toilets in various parts of India. Their invaluable contribution adds solid momentum to Swachh Bharat Mission," he tweeted. Modi on Sunday also paid tributes to former prime minister Indira Gandhi on her 100th birth anniversary. Gandhi was born on this day in 1917 in Allahabad.