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{{Short description|2005 natural disaster in the Indian state of Gujarat}}
[[File:An aerial view taken from the IAF relief Helicopter of the flood in Gujarat on July 2, 2005.jpg|thumb|An aerial view taken from the Indian Air Force relief Helicopter of the flood in Gujarat on July 2, 2005]]
[[File:An aerial view taken from the IAF relief Helicopter of the flood in Gujarat on July 2, 2005 (1).jpg|thumb|An aerial view taken from the IAF relief Helicopter of the flood in Gujarat]]
The '''2005 Gujarat floods''', during the [[monsoon]] season, affected the state of [[Gujarat]], [[India]], that included 20 districts (out of 33), with 10 of them severely affected. 117 of the 225 [[Tehsils of India|Tehsil]]s ([[Tehsil|Talukas]] or mandals), 11 cities were included, and more than 7,200 villages inundated, with up to 10,000 affected. The cumulative {{Convert|505|mm}} of rain left approximately 176,000 people homeless during the flooding that included the drowning of a rare [[Asiatic lion]] from the [[Gir Forest National Park|Gir wildlife sanctuary]]. At least 173 people were killed in the flooding.<ref name=reliefweb/>

==History==
Eleven cities were severely affected by the floods that were [[Vadodara]], [[Nadiad]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Navsari]], [[Surat]] and [[Limbdi]], [[Dakor]], [[Anand (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Anand]], [[Kheda]], [[Petlad]], and [[Borsad]].<ref name="Gujarat Floods">{{cite web | url=http://www.iahv.org/in-en/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Gujarat-Floods-2005-Report.pdf | title=Gujarat Floods 2005: Project Report | publisher=International Association for Human Values and the Art of Living | work=Report | date=2005 | accessdate=November 1, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160112001510/http://www.iahv.org/in-en/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Gujarat-Floods-2005-Report.pdf | archive-date=January 12, 2016 | url-status=dead }}</ref>

==A brief time-line==
[[Image:Map_GujDist_South.png|thumb|right|250px|Southerns [[district]]s of [[Gujarat]].]]

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|last week of,<br>June, 2005||Heavy down-pour on many parts of [[Gujarat]]
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|June 30||the state was put on high alert, the army on standby
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|July 1||All trains on the [[Ahmedabad]]-[[Mumbai]] line are cancelled
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|July 2||Death toll reaches to 123, more than 250,000 people evacuated
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|July 7||Rain stops, order is restored slowly in some parts of the state
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|July 8||Trains resumes operations, but under restrictions and caution
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|July 11|| Overall infrastructure damage and loss estimated to be over [[USD]] 1.7 bn.<br>Districts of southern Gujarat are worst affected.
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|July 13|| As per the latest report total number of deaths due to floods in the state reach up to 173. <ref name=reliefweb>{{cite web|title=India Gujarat floods: Field updates & appeal|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/india/india-gujarat-floods-field-updates-appeal|website=reliefweb.int|publisher=SEEDS INDIA|accessdate=7 December 2017}}</ref>
|}

== See also ==
* [[Disaster Management Act, 2005]]
* [[Maharashtra floods of 2005]]
* [[2005 Chennai floods]]
* [[2006 Surat flood]]
* [[2017 Gujarat flood]]
* [[2019 Vadodara flood]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/jun/29guj1.htm Rediff.com]. [http://in.rediff.com/news/2005/jul/01rail.htm]
* [http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200507021612.htm The Hindu]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050906031440/http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/natural_hazards_v2.php3?img_id=12940 NASA Earth Observatory]
* [http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/satelliteimages/112084285270.htm Reuters]

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