An association of spinning mills in Tamil Nadu undertakes counseling sessions for workers. The association represents more than 650 mills.

The counseling sessions will help the young talent of the textile industry to release their work-related stress and deal better with the situation. They are also being encouraged to report harassment at the workplace.

Dindigul has set up a sanitisation workshop to help improve the conditions in up to 200 spinning mills.

Garment and textile workers in the textile hub of south India face severe pressures of work, trauma, ill-treatment and sexual harassment.

The workforce, majorly represented by young women, is compelled to work for long hours and forced to live in unauthorised hostels. There have been a series of deaths in textile factories and hostels. In the last three months, 23 such deaths were reported in Tamil Nadu. Many of these workers live away from their homes to earn a livelihood and support their families.

Tirupur and Erode districts, collectively known as the Textile Valley of India, where the bulk of the industry is located, have reported ten deaths.

Often death cases are not investigated and the cause remains uncertain. Families say among the dead are those who have ended their lives.