Edited sentence: Almost all of the state's cities, towns and villages were affected, but especially the cities of Bhuj and western Gujarat, which were literally flattened.Despite intensive relief efforts on part of the Government of India and many nations and aid agencies worldwide, the economy of the state and the homes of millions of people were devastated.Following the restoration of law and order by the Indian Army, the reputation of Chief Minister Narendra Modi was tarnished by allegations that he backed the Hindu rioters and prevented Gujarat's police from stopping them.Hundreds of thousands of people protested and litigated over three decades, but the dam was allowed to construct.The 2001 Gujarat earthquake was one of the worst natural disasters in modern Indian history.The 2002 Gujarat violence, just one year after the earthquake, left more than 1,000 people dead and thousands more displaced when Hindu mobs attacked Muslims all over the state to avenge the burning of 59 Hindu pilgrims travelling on the Sabarmati Express train at the station in Godhra.The NBA did succeed in providing proper compensation and rehabilitation for the displaced people.The relationship and peace between Gujarat's Hindus and Muslims remain tenuous.The state has been the site of the Narmada Bachao Andolan, to prevent the displacement of thousands of indigenous, or Adivasi tribes who live along the banks of the river Narmada, due to the construction of the gigantic Sardar Sarovar Dam.Two months of rioting deeply hurt the state's economy and shut down most parts of the state to common transport