Dholpur Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

On the evening of 6 November 2026, police checked a house in Purani Chhawni, Dholpur, after information that firecrackers were stored illegally, and small crackers inside caught fire or burst, burning the city Circle Officer and the head of Sadar police station. Reports differ on how serious their injuries were, and no death was reported.

Earlier the same day, two firecracker shops at Pachgaon village, about 5 km north-west of the city, caught fire and burned stock worth lakhs of rupees and two motorcycles. One report says a woman and a child were burnt, and the cause was not confirmed.

In mid July 2022 a late evening fire in the vegetable market in the Nihalganj police station area burned more than a dozen shops, and no casualties were reported. The shops were wooden and held sacks and other goods that burn easily, and several fire tenders were called.

On the night of 30 July 2025 the Chambal at Dholpur reached 141.10 metres against a danger mark of 131.79 metres, and the old Chambal bridge went under water. Floodwater entered villages in the Sarmathura and Rajakheda areas, the Army was requested and traffic on NH-44 was moved to the new bridge.

The district heat wave plan says summers are normally above 40 degrees C and describes Dholpur as reputed for the highest temperature recorded in India, 50 degrees C on 3 June 2017. It names the Rajakhera and Bari sub-divisions as the likely heat wave hotspots.