One of the two awardees, Masi Sadaiyan (45), earns just ₹2,000 to ₹4,000 per month for risking his life in catching deadly snakes for venom extraction. He also works as a farmhand and wood cutter in summer months when snake catching is prohibited.
"Getting Padma Shri is a great recognition for our work but our standard of life is nothing to be happy about. My three children could not get education because of my poor income. They are working as dailywage labourers. We need some guaranteed monthly income for our high-risk work. We were bitten by snakes and endured life-threatening situations several times over the years," Masi Sadaiyan said.
THE Irula Snake Catchers' Industrial Co-operative Society Limited, a 45-year-old institution which is India's largest producer of snake venom where Sadaiyan and another Padma Shree awardee Vadivel Gopal work, has 348 other members who have similar tales to share.
The anti-venom produced using the venom extracted by them saves thousands of lives every year, but these Irulas continue to languish in a state of neglect and poverty.
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