This will be a pilot project of the drinking water and sanitation ministry The number that will receive such calls will be selected randomly from ODF districts. Till now 91 districts and nearly 1.58 lakh villages have achieved ODF status . TOI has learned that the selected numbers will first get an SMS informing them that they will receive a call from Bachchan. After brief introduction, the Bollywood superstar will ask two questions — one if anyone of the receiver's family practices open defecation and the other whether anyone in the village does so. The share of people practicing open defecation in these two states comprises 36% of country's total population who defecate in the open.

Source: Times of India February 10, 2017 23:18 UTC