NATIONAL ACTION PLAN FOR ERADICATION
OF SCAVENGING
RAJYA SABHA
The Planning Commission
has proposed a Draft ‘National Action Plan for Total Eradication
of Manual Scavenging by 2007’ after holding detailed discussions
with the concerned Ministries/Departments. The Draft National
Action Plan aims at amalgamation of different schemes and speed
up liberation and rehabilitation of manual scavengers. It is in
advanced stage of finalization.
The number of
manual scavengers in various States/UTs is as below :
|
S. No.
|
Name of the
State/UT
|
No. of Scavengers
|
|
1.
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
30921
|
|
2.
|
Assam
|
40413
|
|
3.
|
Bihar
|
12226
|
|
4.
|
Gujarat
|
64195
|
|
5.
|
Haryana
|
36362
|
|
6.
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
4757
|
|
7.
|
Jammu and Kashmir
|
4150
|
|
8.
|
Karnataka
|
14555
|
|
9.
|
Kerala
|
1339
|
|
10.
|
Madhya Pradesh
|
80072
|
|
11.
|
Maharashtra
|
64785
|
|
12.
|
Orissa
|
35049
|
|
13.
|
Punjab
|
531
|
|
14.
|
Rajasthan
|
57736
|
|
15.
|
Tamil Nadu
|
35561
|
|
16.
|
Uttar Pradesh
|
149202
|
|
17.
|
West Bengal
|
23852
|
|
18.
|
Delhi
|
17420
|
|
19.
|
Nagaland
|
1800
|
|
20.
|
Meghalaya
|
607
|
|
21.
|
Pondicherry
|
476
|
| |
TOTAL
|
676009
|
Dr. Sanjay Paswan,
Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, gave this
information in Rajya Sabha today in reply to a written question
by Shri Rama Muni Reddy Sirigireddy and Shri K. Rama Mohana Rao.
