Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaAmreli is the headquarters of Amreli district in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat, a district that also has a stretch of Arabian Sea coast around Rajula. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the 1930 cyber-crime helpline and the main local risks on one page, from monsoon floods and dam releases to lightning, cyclones and online investment fraud.
Checked 3 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Single emergency number. Works from any phone · 101: Fire brigade. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: Medical emergency. The district also lists 102. If it does not connect, call 112 · 1930: National helpline for online financial fraud. Call at once if you have paid money to a scam, then report at cybercrime.gov.in
Print the Amreli emergency card for the fridge or the front door, and cut out the wallet cards. It holds 112, 101, the ambulance and police numbers, and the Amreli fire, disaster and civic numbers from this guide. There are blank lines for your family contacts and the nearest hospital.
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Checked 3 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
Amreli Cybercrime Police registered a case on 2 September 2026 against the promoters of two wallet apps, SD Pay and Apna Pay, that police say promised daily interest and referral cashback. By the first days of November, reports gave 18 FIRs in four states and 12 arrests, with 876 victims telling Amreli police of a Rs 37.42 crore loss. The accused are alleged and no court has found anyone guilty. We cover it in a case study.
In early July 2026, Rajula had 11 inches of rain in 24 hours, the Dhatarwadi-1 dam overflowed and an embankment broke near Vad. A migrant family was trapped by the Shetrunji near Bawadi, 68 people were rescued at Mithapur Dungri, and power was disrupted in about 55 villages. Nine gates of Khodiyar dam were opened and more than 40 low-lying villages were put on alert. The report mentions no deaths.
The eye of Cyclone Tauktae crossed the Saurashtra coast between Diu and Una on the night of 17 May 2021 with winds of 150 to 175 km/h. An early report said a girl died when the roof of her house fell on her family at Rajula, in Amreli district. Coastal families should leave when told, and not wait for the wind to rise.
In October 2024, lightning killed five people in Ambardi village in Amreli district, farm workers and their children walking home in the evening. Open fields and the shade of a lone tree are the most dangerous places during a thunderstorm.
In September 2026, four men died while bathing at the Mota Devaliya check dam in Babra taluka. After rain, check dams and river pools fill quickly and the bed drops away without warning. We cover it in a case study.
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