Gujarat Floods: Sardar Sarovar dam overflows

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Extensive flooding took place in Gujarat in July 2015, causing much damage to human life and property, agriculture, domestic livestock and wildlife. Incessant rains lashed most parts of Gujarat causing flooding in the areas of north Gujarat, Kutch and south Gujarat region. Several districts have received more than their normal average of the season. Heavy rains caused flooding in districts of Banaskantha, Mehsana, Patan, Sabarkantha, Gandhinagar, Kutch and parts of Saurashtra, where people had to be evacuated to safer places. As per the met department data, Banaskantha district in north Gujarat had received cumulative rainfall of 532 mm till 5 am of July 28 showing 105 per cent rise from the normal 259 mm. Chief Minister Anandiben Patel reviewed the situation in the affected regions and or