Bollywood actor Aamir Khan has also come in support of the victims and also urges his fans to come out and support each one who has lost their house in floods. "Let us come together and help the people in and Let us contribute to the Chief Minister Relief Fund of both the states," Aamir said.In Assam, as many as 79 people have lost their lives in the devastating floods, till yesterday.According to the figures of the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC), Gujarat, 72 people have drowned in the state this monsoon. "218 people have died, with 61 in Banaskantha and seven in neighbouring Patan district," an official of the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) said.The toll increased in the last two days after more bodies were found as flood waters receded in Banaskantha and Patan districts of north Gujarat, he said.Floods due to torrential rain and release of water from dams affected 4.5 lakh people in the state, with over 39,000 people shifted to safer places and 11,400 rescued last week by teams of the Army, Air Force and National and State Disaster Response Forces.Most of the people who were relocated have now returned to their villages, the official said, adding the administration was now focused on providing them food and preventing outbreak of water-borne diseases.Relief operation has been intensified as the rains have abated.Chief Minister Vijay Rupani is camping in the Banaskantha-Patan area for the last four-five days.In Banaskantha, villages along Banas and Sipu were inundated.
Following heavy rain in July 2017, the Gujarat state of India was affected by a severe flood resulting in more than 200 deaths.