gurgaon vishwa mohan kumar singh a resident of sector 54 says he still remembers the innocent face of the child who delivered a heavy bouquet at his home from a nearby flower shop i wanted to surprise my wife on her birthday but it turned out to be a terrible experience the delivery boy was a weak and malnourished child on inquiry i realized cornershops inside our society that sell flowers cigarettes and grocery all employ such children and pledged to raise my voice against it he said along with residents of sectors 55 and 56 he initiated an online campaign against child labour on tuesday they wrote to the police commissioner requesting him to take an action against shop owners who hire children there are lots of shops inside gated societies and malls that hire children some of the kids i interacted with told me despite the hard work and long hours they are underpaid its a criminal offence authorities need to act said shailabh a resident of orchid garden in sector 55 ruchira taneja a resident of sector 56 said many shops in the sector 56 huda market employ children as young as six years of age they work up to 12 hours a day at restaurants grocery shops chemists and even thekas liquor stores as my house is close to the market i often see children washing dishes and serving food to people at restaurants and food stalls applauding the initiative a volunteer of the ngo shakti vahini that works against child labour said even though millennium city is growing up to become an economic powerhouse child labour continues to blight its prospects many innocent children are at risk of illiteracy malnutrition physical and mental abuse all from child labour acp crime rajesh kumar said weve received the letter police along with the cwc child welfare committee will take strict action against the violators he added that gurgaon police have rescued over 400 children during a recent antichild labour drive the group aims to abolish child labour from their localities before november 14 childrens day weve been promoting our cause on social media the objective is to rescue these children before childrens day said singh