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Gujarat floods and virus outbreak 2024‑2026

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Heavy monsoon rains ~~produced~~ caused two extreme flooding episodes in Gujarat. The first struck South Gujarat in early July 2024, prompting red ~~alerts,~~ alerts and evacuations in Navsari, Valsad, Surat, Tapi and Dang, ~~and a health‑sanitation response that included~~ with cash assistance and ration ~~kits.~~ kits provided. The second wave hit in late July ~~2026. Record~~ 2026, delivering record rainfall ~~– over~~ (over 1,200 mm in Umbergaon ~~(Valsad) in 36 hours~~ and 2,566 mm in ~~Kaprada – led~~ Kaprada) and leading the State Emergency Operations Centre to issue red alerts for ten districts and release water from major ~~dams such as Sardar Sarovar.~~ dams. By July 4, ~~Navsari district saw water‑logged~~ Navsari’s streets ~~and the closure of~~ were water‑logged, 42 ~~roads, including sections~~ roads—including parts of the Delhi‑Mumbai ~~Highway, after drainage systems failed to cope with the deluge. State authorities evacuated~~ Highway—were closed, and more than 40,000 residents were moved to relief shelters. Rescue ~~agencies – 17 NDRF teams, 32 SDRF platoons,~~ forces (NDRF, SDRF, Indian ~~Army columns (including the Golden Katar Division) and the~~ Army, Coast ~~Guard –~~ Guard) saved 6,766 people and evacuated 355 civilians across Gujarat and Dadra & Nagar Haveli. On July 21‑22, the army rescued over 1,000 workers from the Sarkhej‑Bavla industrial corridor and a further 790 civilians from Navsari, Valsad, Vapi, Silvassa, Dholka and Rajoda; road closures affected NH 47 and SH 17 and temporarily halted Maruti’s plant. The floods claimed 35 lives, ~~29 of them~~ mainly in Valsad and Navsari. The Gujarat Health Department placed the ~~entire~~ state on high alert, operating 24‑hour control rooms in all ~~34 districts and eight municipal corporations. It ran~~ districts, running 6,868 medical camps that treated ~~more than~~ over 1.74 million people, ~~deployed~~ deploying 1,496 ambulances, ~~distributed over 1.05 crore~~ distributing chlorine tablets and ~~10.29 lakh ORS packets, repaired~~ ORS, repairing 3,000 water‑pipeline leaks and ~~reported~~ reporting no major public‑health emergency. In early August 2026 a Chandipura virus outbreak linked to the monsoon season was confirmed: 35 cases out of 184 suspected, with 22 child deaths. Seven patients remain in intensive care, six have recovered. Authorities expanded testing, mobilised rapid‑response teams, intensified sand‑fly vector control, and directed all paediatric facilities to admit suspected cases to ICU, urging parents to seek immediate care for fever, seizures or altered consciousness.

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