Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaMorbi is India's ceramic city, built on the Machchhu river, and the town where the Julto Pul bridge collapsed in 2022. This guide puts the emergency numbers and the main local risks on one page, with past incidents from Morbi.
Checked 20 Oct 2026 against official sources. Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: Gujarat's single emergency number for police, fire and ambulance · 100: Also reachable through 112
Print the Morbi 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 Morbi 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 20 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
On 30 October 2022, the Julto Pul suspension footbridge collapsed over the Machchhu, four days after reopening, and 135 people died. The inquiry found corroded cable wires and an untested repair, so a ticket or an open gate is no proof that a crowded bridge is safe.
The district disaster plan counts around 542 major accident hazard units in and around Morbi, among its ceramic, sanitaryware and paper units. On 19 June 2026, a fire at a Morbi paper mill needed multiple fire tenders, with no casualties reported.
The Morbi-Mundra gas pipeline runs at high pressure, and the district plan warns of fires from leaks and breaks, including in floods and earthquakes. Gujarat Gas serves 887 industrial and 175 commercial connections in the district.
The district plan lists villages near Morbi, among them Lilapar, Makansar and Juna Sadulka, at risk when the Machchhu-2 dam releases water. On 24 September 2026, four men entered the river at Juna Sadulka for idol immersion; two were rescued and two died.
The plan puts Morbi in seismic Zone IV and says old buildings in old Morbi may be affected. In the earthquake of 26 January 2001, 421 people died in Morbi district.
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