Even five years after the Tamil Nadu Government spotted hundreds of child labourers, most of them continue to toil in hazardous industries, while a Rs. 4.74 crore fund created for their rehabilitation is lying idle. Despite the Supreme Court directive and a legislative ban, the Government has rehabilitated only eight child labourers among the 19,170 identified in a statewide survey. And, only Rs. 7.75 lakhs from the 4.74 crore, state-level-rehabilitation-cum-welfare fund, set up following the apex court fiat, has been spent so far.