Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaKothagudem is the Singareni coal town of Bhadradri Kothagudem district in Telangana, close to the Kinnerasani reservoir and not far from the Godavari at Bhadrachalam. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire station and the main local risks on one page, with recent Godavari flood warnings, cyclone rain and open-cast mine waterlogging as dated examples.
Checked 5 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: Emergency ambulance, with 102 also listed. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Police control room, also reachable through 112
Print the Kothagudem 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 Kothagudem 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 5 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
On 1 August 2026 the Godavari at Bhadrachalam, about 32 km east of Kothagudem, crossed the third warning level at 56.10 feet, floodwater covered the Bhadrachalam-Dummugudem-Cherla road at Thurubaka, and the Collector asked people in flood-prone villages to move to relief centres. A day earlier the river had touched the second warning level at 48 feet, with NDRF, SDRF and district teams on standby.
In July 2024 floodwater entered the Kinnerasani reservoir at Paloncha, residents on its banks were told not to cross the river, and police kept a disaster response team on call round the clock. In the first week of November 2026 rain linked to Cyclone Murasu was forecast for the district, with heavy downpours on 2 November and heavy rain at isolated places on 4 November.
In early July 2025 waterlogging in Singareni open-cast mines at Koyagudem, Manuguru, Kistaram and JVR halted mining for a time, and officials estimated about 50,000 tonnes of output lost in the Kothagudem area alone. No deaths were reported, but flooded pits and soft mine edges are a danger to anyone living or grazing cattle nearby.
Between 2017 and 2021, 38 accidents in Singareni mines across six districts killed 45 miners, and the report said mishaps were falling but still costing lives. On 2 September 2018 a worker at Koyagudem Opencast Mine-1 in this district died after being hit by the rear of a crawler drill while directing it into position.
3 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Kothagudem Fire Station | Bhadradri Kothagudem district · Kothagudem | Call08744-242701 |
| Yellandu Fire Station | Bhadradri Kothagudem district · Yellandu (about 31 km) | Call08745-252099 |
| Bhadrachalam Fire Station | Bhadradri Kothagudem district · Bhadrachalam (about 32 km) | Call08743-232301 |
Station names and office landlines from the state fire department list, checked on 5 November 2026. Kothagudem has its own station; Yellandu and Bhadrachalam are the nearest others. No street addresses are published, and the list has no row for Paloncha or Manuguru. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.
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