Overview
- Heavy monsoon downpours and water releases from regional rivers starting July 22 produced rapid inundation across South Gujarat, Ahmedabad district and Dadra & Nagar Haveli and led to roughly 35–40 reported deaths and large‑scale displacement.
- The Indian Army deployed Southern Command HADR columns on the evening of July 23 and evacuated about 790 stranded people, while the Indian Coast Guard carried out 11 operations that rescued 170 people by helicopter and ground DRTs.
- District police, NDRF and SDRF teams say tens of thousands were rescued, sheltered or relocated, including concentrated industrial rescues that freed roughly 900 workers from Gallops Industrial Park and about 82 workers from an Amazon warehouse.
- Floodwaters closed long stretches of NH47 and several state highways, left hundreds of local roads waterlogged and halted activity in key manufacturing and logistics hubs along the Sarkhej‑Bavla‑Sanand corridor.
- With rain easing in parts, authorities have shifted to sheltering, medical care, road and drainage repairs, water chlorination and vector control while maintaining rescue teams on alert for renewed rainfall or upstream releases.