"We have rescheduled the deadline being prompted by massive response to our renewed sanitation campaign," he told a workshop on media and information supports for the promotion of sanitation.

Now the government, NGOs and development partners have joined hands to bring the entire country under sanitation coverage, he added.

LGRD and Cooperatives Ministry and the Media Committee on South Asia Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN) jointly organised the workshop, joined by senior journalists, officials, and NGO and donor representatives.