Life-Safety Intelligence for IndiaSidhi is the district headquarters in eastern Madhya Pradesh, with the Son river nearby. This guide puts the emergency numbers and the main local risks on one page, with dated examples from the town and the district.
Checked 15 Nov 2026 Incidents update automatically. Emergency card for the fridge or your phone112: National emergency number for police, fire and ambulance. Works from any phone · 101: Listed as the fire number in the state's 112 system. The Sidhi district website does not print a fire number. If 101 does not connect, call 112 · 108: Listed as the ambulance number in the state's 112 system. The Sidhi district website does not print it. If it does not connect, call 112 · 100: Printed on the Sidhi district website. If it does not connect, call 112
Print the Sidhi 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 Sidhi 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 15 November 2026. Numbers can change; re-check them before you rely on them.
On 16 February 2021 a packed bus from Sidhi to Satna skidded off the road near Patna village and fell into a canal of the Bansagar project. The toll reached 51 and about 600 rescue personnel from five districts worked for two days.
On the night of 24 February 2023 a truck hit two parked buses from behind near Barkhada village, close to the Mohania tunnel. The passengers were returning from a rally, early reports gave eight deaths, and around 50 people were injured.
On 23 May 2026 a fire swept through a mud house in Kashihawa village, about 10 km from Sidhi, around 1 pm. Three small children died because the door was locked from outside, and villagers said the fire engines came late.
On 15 June 2026 four young people on a picnic at Bhanwarsen ghat on the Son river were reported drowned, and one body had been recovered at the time of the report. The ghat has deep whirlpools and a strong current, which make it dangerous for people who bathe there.
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