City safety guide

Shivpuri Fire and Emergency Safety Guide

Shivpuri is the district headquarters town in northern Madhya Pradesh, and this guide also covers Karera, about 49 km to the east, where a huge katha pandal caught fire on 25 October 2026. It puts the emergency numbers and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the district.

Checked 26 Oct 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone

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112Emergency 101Fire 108Ambulance 100Police

1079 Toll-free Emergency ContactListed by the district as a toll-free emergency contact. For a fire or injury call 112 or 101 first 181 Chief Minister HelplineState helpline for complaints and civic problems, not an emergency line

112: Madhya Pradesh Police Dial 112, available in all districts · 101: Fire and rescue. If it does not connect, call 112 · 108: Ambulance as listed for the district. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Police control room, also reachable through 112

Printable Shivpuri emergency card: A4 sheet with national and local emergency numbers and cut-out wallet cards

Take these numbers with you

Print the Shivpuri 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 26 October 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.

Latest incidents in Shivpuri

Karera Ram Katha Pandal Fire, Shivpuri: Dome Catches Fire Before Katha, No Injuries; Short Circuit Suspected, Crowd Presence Disputed25 Oct 2026 · 0 dead · 0 injured

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Local risks in Shivpuri

Big katha and fair pandals at Karera

Around 3 pm on 25 October 2026, a fire broke out in the upper part of the very large dome of the Shri Ram Katha pandal at Karera. Police and security staff put it out with extinguishers and a ladder in about 15 minutes, and no one was hurt, but reports differ on whether hundreds of devotees were already seated and a short circuit is only suspected. We cover it in a case study.

Shop fires in towns with no fire station

At about 4 am on 3 April 2026, a fire at the main square of Pohri damaged a hotel, a grocery shop and a mobile shop. Pohri has no fire brigade, so the engines came from Shivpuri and the flames grew before they arrived, with losses of several lakh rupees and no casualty.

The floods of August 2021

On 2 and 3 August 2021, Shivpuri district got about 455 mm of rain in 38 hours, roughly half its yearly average. The Sindh, Kuno, Parvati and Mahuar rivers rose, more than 10,000 people were trapped, about 8,000 were rescued with Army help and phone networks went down.

Monsoon flooding again in July 2025

On 30 July 2025, more than 100 people were still trapped in floodwater in the Kolaras area and the district asked the Army for help from Jhansi. Nearly 30 schoolchildren were stranded for about 24 hours in Pachavali village, so village schools and low roads need a flood plan too.

Stay safe: quick checklist

Save 112, 101, 108 and 100 in your phone today. Share them with elderly relatives and children old enough to use a phone.
At a katha, fair or wedding pandal, spot the exits when you enter, avoid sitting under the thickest cloth or wiring, and leave early at the first smoke or sparks.
Organisers should get the pandal wiring checked by an electrician, keep extinguishers and sand buckets at the exits, and tell the fire service about the event beforehand.

Where the nearest fire station is far, as at Pohri, keep a charged extinguisher in the shop, switch off the mains at closing time and call 101 or 112 at the first spark.
In monsoon, stay away from the Sindh and other rivers, nallahs and flooded culverts, never cross moving water, and keep documents, medicines and a torch in a ready bag.
Keep a basic first aid kit at home and in the shop, and call 108 or 112 for any serious burn or smoke inhalation. Cool the burn under cool, clean running water for 20 minutes. Even 10 minutes helps if that's all you can manage. No ice, toothpaste, oil or butter.

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Shivpuri at a glance

Town population: About 1.80 lakh in Shivpuri city (Census 2011)
District: 10,666 sq km with 9 tehsils, 8 nagar palikas and 36 police stations (Census 2011)
Karera: About 49 km east of Shivpuri; the katha pandal fire of 25 October 2026 happened here
Rain record: About 455 mm in 38 hours on 2 to 3 August 2021, roughly half the yearly average
Emergency system: Dial 112; fire is 101, ambulance 108, police 100