When it comes to manual scavenging and sanitation jobs, women suffer the most, with a significant number of women suffering the loss of their husbands as a result of work-related hazards. Worker due to suffocation while cleaning drains. Most of the children of the Arunthathiyar community have reached the level of education required for higher secondary school.
Children of the Arunthathiyar community are not given the same opportunities for socialization and access to schools. Moreover, the law enforcement agency is poor in attending to cases of victimized sanitation workers and manual scavengers. There is no proper mechanism to address the problems of manual scavengers prevailing due to caste-based employment. We guide them by conducting awareness sessions and education to children in Tamil Nadu.