Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaKota is a coaching and industrial city on the Chambal, with thousands of hostels and coaching buildings, a barrage upstream and canals running through the town. This guide puts the emergency numbers and the main local risks on one page, with past incidents from Kota.
Checked 21 Oct 2026 against official sources. Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Rajasthan's single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance · 108: The Rajasthan Home Department's helpline list shows 102 as Ambulance and 108 as Emergency Services, so if 108 does not connect, try 102 or 112 · 100: Also reachable through 112
Print the Kota emergency card for the fridge or the front door, and cut out the wallet cards. It holds 112, 101, the ambulance and police numbers. This guide has no local numbers yet, so there are blank lines to write your local fire station, police station and nearest hospital, and your family contacts.
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Checked 21 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
Kota Canal Boat Capsize: Two Bodies Found, Two Missing After Durga Idol Immersion at a Prohibited Spot20 Oct 2026 · 2 dead
Kota Expressway Accident: Eight Pilgrims Killed as Mini-Bus Falls Into Drain Near Simliya; Cause Under Investigation17 Oct 2026 · 8 dead · 16 injured
Kota Apartment Fire – The Tragic Loss of Child Actor Veer Sharma & His Brother28 Sep 2025 · 2 deadAt about 6.15 am on 14 April 2024, fire broke out in the Adarsh Residency boys' hostel in Landmark City; eight students were hurt and some jumped from the first floor. The chief fire officer said it had no fire NOC and a transformer inside the building, and about 2,200 hostels had already been served notices. In September 2025 two brothers died of smoke in a flat fire in Transport Nagar, which we cover in a case study.
On 22 August 2022, PTI reported that 14 of the 19 barrage gates were open, releasing about 3.83 lakh cusecs after 224 mm of rain in the city. Water entered houses in Talwandi, Purana Kota, Bajrang Nagar, Jawahar Nagar and Station Road, and about 60 people were moved out of low-lying colonies.
On the evening of 20 October 2026, a small boat with seven people and a Durga idol capsized in the Chambal right main canal near the 80 Feet Road steel bridge. By the next morning two bodies had been found and two young men were missing, and officials said the spot was not a designated ghat. In March 2024, two children drowned in the Seenta canal near Kota, where police said the water's force was high.
On 24 December 2021, a fire broke out at a chemical factory in the industrial area under Vigyan Nagar police station, and police evacuated the buildings around it. On 9 February 2026, Patrika reported a transformer short circuit that set chemical drums alight at a factory in Ranpur, with about a dozen fire engines sent and the area evacuated. Neither report mentions any casualty.
On 29 April 2026, fire hit the second floor of City Mall and 12 fire tenders were engaged. The mall had not opened for the day, no injuries were reported and the cause was not stated. The SP said over a dozen fire stations joined the response with SDRF and civil defence.
Early on 17 October 2026, a mini-bus of pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh left the expressway near Karadiya and fell into a water-filled drain about 20 feet below. The Collector said eight were brought dead, and police suspect the driver dozed off, though the cause is not officially settled.
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