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I just spent 2 months in a major 2nd-tier Indian city, going out almost daily. Didn't see someone defecating openly even once. Take it FWIW.

Where the hell are you going to openly defecate in major cities with all the traffic?

Near the train tracks, there are usually couple of tracks which are not used by trains.

There are many areas in Mumbai where traffic is less specially in the early morning. So you can do it on the road.

Just below the water line at the beach, unfortunately.

Then you and I have a different view about what all major cities are! There's no shying away from the problem if there's one and as i said, it's common in the country side.

Not sure what your definition of major cities is. But I've seen it often enough in Delhi suburbs, Mumbai and Kolkata. Not even going to start on towns and cities in UP, Bihar and Gujarat (my home state). About the only place I haven't seen it is towns in the North-East.

> But I've seen it often enough in Delhi suburbs

That's not city and Google doesn't plan to go beyond the major parts of the city for now.

That is bullshit. It is very common in major cities. Unless you consider Mumbai country side, take a train ride through the city.