Madurai: A detailed survey of child labour would be undertaken in five districts of Tamil Nadu which had a high proportion of children employed in hazardous sectors.

The survey was part of $ 40 million Indus Child Labour Project taken up in four states of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, state Labour and Employment Secretary S Swaran Singh said.

The ultimate objective of the project was to eradicate child labour, he said on the sidelines of a two- day "Stake holders consultative workshop on child labour" organised in neighbouring Virudhunagar on September 26.

Besides the Centre, the US Labour Department would also assist in the project to be implemented in Tiruvallur, Tiruvannamalai, Kancheepuram, Namakkal and Virudhunagar.

The workshop aimed at integrating the views of all the stakeholders and experiences of the government agencies, Non Governmental Organisations (NGO), corporate sector for convergence of resources.

International Labour Organisation (ILO) had framed questionnaires for different target groups such as parents, children, labour market, employer and various others and the survey would be conducted by a professional agency.

The child labour project would be implemented by a registered district child labour rehabilitation and welfare society, comprising officials from various departments.

PTI