11. Survey of manual scavengers in urban areas by Municipalities. 12. Application by an urban manual scavenger for identification. 13. Rehabilitation of persons identified as manual scavenger by a Municipality. 14. Survey of manual scavengers in rural areas by Panchayats. 15. Application by a rural manual scavenger for identification. 16. pertinent for a discussion on Manual Scavengers in India. These included: n Census data available in the country on Manual Scavengers is not accurate. There is thus a need for a more a systematic survey on Manual Scavengers in all States and Union Territories, which will help to clearly bring out the number of people engaged in this occupation. Govt Survey Identifies Over 20,500 Manual Scavengers In India The latest survey has so far identified 20,596 manual scavengers across the 18 states with UP accounting for 6,126 followed by To identify manual scavengers involved in cleaning human excreta in an insanitary latrine or in an open drain, the City Municipal Corporation would be conducting survey between February 22 and 24 in t Number of Manual Scavengers. Not all states have Manual Scavengers. As per the latest data available with the Government, there are a total of 11,635 manual scavengers across the country. Leading the pack is Uttar Pradesh with 10016 manual scavengers. This is a whopping 86% of all manual scavengers in the country. The National Safai Karmacharis Finance and Development Corporation's survey for identifying manual scavengers, as part of the government's rehabilitation plan, is currently underway in Tamil Nadu. O' Brien also wanted to know if the survey would include numbers for sewer and septic tank cleaners who work without protective gears, to which the minister responded that, "No such data is captured in the present national survey of manual scavengers which is restricted to identification of manual scavengers." Manual Scavenging Act and Municipal Waste Water Workers in India - Policy and Pr