Central Gujarat faced intense rainfall on Saturday with Halol recording 250 mm in 12 hours. Rising Mesri river waters flooded Godhra, forcing evacuations as authorities put NDRF on alert. Godhra in the Panchmahal district has been severely affected due to rains upstream of the Mesri River, which passes through the town. 

The Pune rural police on January 22 arrested Salim Jarda, who was among the 31 persons sentenced to life imprisonment in the Godhra train carnage case