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{{Infobox event
| title                    = 2000 Mumbai landslide
| image                    = India Maharashtra locator map.svg
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| caption                  = Location of Maharashtra in India
| date                     =12 July 2000
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| place                    = Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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| reported deaths          = 78
| reported injuries        = unknown
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{{coord|19|5|27|N|72|53|46|E|type:event_region:IN_dim:600|display=title}}The '''2000 Mumbai landslide''' was a [[landslide]] that occurred in [[Ghatkopar]], a suburban neighbourhood located in [[Mumbai]], [[India]] on 12 July 2000.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Mumbai landslide toll 67, Army called|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000714/main2.htm|accessdate=23 November 2015|newspaper=The Tribune House|date=13 July 2000}}</ref> Seventy-eight people, including twenty-seven men, fifteen women, and fifteen children, were killed, while seven more were injured.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{cite news|title=Mumbai is vulnerable to landslides: RTI activist|url=http://www.sakaaltimes.com/NewsDetails.aspx?NewsId=5036898316112929807&SectionId=5351696313519115080&SectionName=State&NewsDate=20140731&NewsTitle=Mumbai%2520is%2520vulnerable%2520to%2520landslides:%2520RTI%2520activist|accessdate=23 November 2015|newspaper=Sakal Times|publisher=Sakal Media Group|date=31 July 2014}}</ref> Most of the victims were residents of the Mumbai [[slums]], where building and sanitation conditions are very poor.<ref name=":2">{{cite news|title=Hope fades for landslide victims|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/831267.stm|accessdate=23 November 2015|agency=BBC News|publisher=BBC|date=14 July 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Unger|first1=Alon|last2=Riley|first2=Lee|title=Slum Health: From Understanding to Action|journal=PLOS Med |date=23 October 2007|volume=4|issue=10 |doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0040295|pmid=17958462|pmc=2039756|pages=1561–6}}</ref> Government officials promised that the immediate family of each deceased victim would receive Rs 25,000 from the government, while the immediate family of each injured would receive Rs 10,000.<ref name=":0" /> Over one hundred and fifty firefighter personnel participated in search and rescue efforts, though officials reported little hope of finding any more survivors two days after the initial landslide occurred.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /> The landslide was caused by land erosion, following heavy rains and subsequent flooding that coincided with a high tide in the Arabian Sea.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Over 100 killed as torrential rains flood Mumbai|url=https://business.highbeam.com/3650/article-1P1-79275922/over-100-killed-torrential-rains-flood-mumbai|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110114351/http://business.highbeam.com/3650/article-1P1-79275922/over-100-killed-torrential-rains-flood-mumbai|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 November 2014|accessdate=23 November 2015|agency=India Abroad|work=Rediff.com|date=21 July 2000}}</ref> According to meteorologists, more than three hundred and fifty millimeters of rain fell on the suburbs of Mumbai in the twenty-four-hour period before the landslide.<ref name=":2" />  In the years since the 2000 Mumbai landslide, Mumbai has been determined by the [[Municipal Corporation Building, Mumbai|Municipal Corporation Building]] to contain 327 areas that are in danger of landslides, including 49 in the city and 278 in the suburbs.<ref name=":1" /> Since this revelation, thousands of huts have been relocated or reinforced to protect the inhabitants from landslides.<ref name=":1" />

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[[Category:Landslides in 2000|Mumbai landslide]]
[[Category:Landslides in India|Mumbai landslide 2000]]
[[Category:2000 disasters in India|Mumbai Landslide, 2000]]
[[Category:History of Mumbai (1947–present)]]
[[Category:Natural disasters in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:2000s in Mumbai]]
[[Category:July 2000 events in India]]


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