Fourteen-year-old Marti is in a state of shock. She has just been rescued from the cotton fields of Gujarat where she was sold by her neighbours. She was made to work for hours without a break and tortured when refused to work. Daughter of one Shankar Meena of Palpadar village in Dungarpur district, she was playing outside her house when her neighbour Shanti Meena took her to a nearby market...

KEY TRENDS   • In 8 out of 17 states/ UTs the flood management works were not taken up in an integrated manner covering entire river/ tributary or a major segment of rivers/ tributaries and the Preliminary Project Reports/ Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) were not prepared in accordance with the  scheme guidelines. There were huge delays in completion of FMP works which ranged from 10 months to 13 years due to delay...