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The Chengalpattu District Administration has provided jobs to the sons of 2 Irula snake catchers – Masi Sadayan and Vadivel Gopal – who were awarded the Padma Shri successful 2023.
Collector D. Sneha handed implicit the assignment orders to the schoolhouse dropouts, Suresh Vadivel, 27, and Thangarasu Masi, 35. The erstwhile has been appointed arsenic a gardener, and the second arsenic a nighttime watchman astatine the Ekalaiva Model Residential School astatine Kumili adjacent Kalavai.
The jobs person been provided to the wards of the snake catchers arsenic their fathers are excessively aged to beryllium fixed authorities employment.
“We are blessed that we person a due occupation now. We volition decidedly get amended pay, and that too, passim the year. Snake catching is lone seasonal. We get conscionable ₹650/day if we enactment arsenic operation labourers, which is not capable to negociate our families,” they said.
Mr. Vadivel, who is simply a licensed snake catcher, said that with this salary, they would decidedly amended their children. “Education is the lone mode forward. Many radical successful our assemblage are illiterate. We discontinue studies since the schoolhouse successful our village, Chenneri, has lone till Class 8. The nearest schools are astatine Tiruporur, which is 10 km away, and Chengalpattu, astatine a region of 13 km. We cannot question truthful overmuch for the involvement of school,” he said.
Mr. Masi said that helium did not larn snake catching since his begetter did not privation him to proceed the household trade. “I hunt for different jobs to support my household afloat. I person 2 miss children,” helium added.
