Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaNalgonda is the headquarters town of Nalgonda district in southern Telangana, and Narketpally is a mandal about 19 km to its north-west, on the Hyderabad-Vijayawada highway. This guide puts the emergency numbers, the fire stations listed for the district and the main local risks on one page, with a recent detonator factory blast, a pharma reactor blast, a highway crash and Musi floods as dated examples.
Checked 4 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. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Police control room, also reachable through 112
Print the Nalgonda 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 Nalgonda 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 4 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
On the morning of 3 November 2026 an explosion destroyed part of a building at a detonator factory near Narketpally, injuring four workers, one of them critical. Reports differ on how serious the other injuries were, and the cause is under investigation. Read our case study for what is known so far.
On 1 May 2026 a reactor exploded at a pharma unit at Velminedu village in Chityala mandal. One worker died during treatment and eight others were hurt; the first reports said nine were injured. The district collector stopped work at the unit and said an inquiry would be ordered, and a case was registered against the management. An earlier blast at the same unit, on 20 April 2026, is reported to have killed one worker and injured two.
At about 3 am on 10 March 2026 two men were killed on the Narketpally flyover when a speeding lorry rammed a vehicle that had stopped after an earlier collision, while the drivers were arguing. Police registered a case of rash and negligent driving. Reports differ on the victims' roles and on which vehicle was hit.
In late September 2025 heavy rain led officials to lift 17 gates of the Musi project, a bridge over the Musi at Vemulakonda-Lakshmipuram was closed to vehicles, and low-lying roads and crops were flooded downstream in Yadadri Bhongir, Suryapet and Nalgonda districts. On 24 September 2026, with the reservoir about 4 feet below its full level, the irrigation department told people in Musi riverside villages of Nalgonda and Suryapet to stay alert and keep out of the river.
On 30 May 2026 a private bus from Hyderabad to Kakinada caught fire near Peddakaparthi village in Chityala mandal with 36 passengers on board. The driver and cleaner got everyone off, nobody was hurt, and officials suspect a short circuit.
4 stations. Tap Call to ring the station office.
| Station | Area | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Nalgonda Fire Station | Nalgonda district · Nalgonda | Call08682-224299 |
| Miryalguda Fire Station | Nalgonda district · Miryalguda | Call08689-241899 |
| Devarakonda Fire Station | Nalgonda district · Devarakonda | Call08691-240401 |
| Nakrekal Fire Station | Nalgonda district · Nakrekal | Call08682-254699 |
Station names and office landlines for Nalgonda district, checked on 4 November 2026: Nalgonda, Miryalguda, Devarakonda and Nakrekal. No street addresses are published, and Narketpally has no station of its own on the list; the nearest listed one is Nalgonda. In an emergency, call 112 or 101 first; station lines are office numbers.
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