Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaAnand is the district headquarters of the dairy belt of central Gujarat, with industrial estates such as Vitthal Udhyog Nagar on its outskirts and the Mahi river on the Vadodara side. This guide puts the emergency numbers and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the district.
Checked 15 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Listed on the Anand district website as the emergency police number. Works from any phone · 101: The national fire number. The Anand district website does not print a fire number. If 101 does not connect, call 112 · 108: The national ambulance number. The Anand district website does not print it. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: The national police number. The Anand district website lists 112. Also reachable through 112
Print the Anand 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 Anand 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 15 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
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Ahmedabad-Vadodara Expressway Accident Near Nadiad: What Went Wrong17 Apr 2024 · 10 deadOn the morning of 9 July 2025, a 40 year old bridge over the Mahisagar river, linking Padra in Vadodara district with Anand district, collapsed with a truck, a van, a car and two wheelers on it. At least nine people died, and the river was swollen from recent rain.
On the evening of 5 November 2024, a temporary steel and concrete structure used for foundation work on the bullet train line collapsed at Vasad village in Anand district. Three workers died and four were trapped under concrete blocks at one point.
The district disaster management page names rain and flooding, cyclones and earthquakes as the natural hazards for Anand, and a Flood Memorandum is published for 2023. A round the clock control room works from the district emergency operation centre, with a hotline to the state control room.
The district disaster management page lists fire accidents among the man made hazards and says off site mock drills are held for industrial units. If you live or work near a dairy plant, chemical unit or estate, ask what the drill plan is.
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