India, Nov. 7 -- Odisha's Ganjam Police distributed blankets, sarees, and T-shirts to families displaced by heavy flooding triggered by Cyclone Arnab. Ahead of Diwali, police teams visited villages across the district to deliver essential clothing and bedding directly to residents.

"When the festival of lights met the floods, Ganjam Police chose to bring the light," the department posted on its official X account.

It continued, "Cyclone Arnab's floods took away much from families in Naitada Sahi, Purushottampur NAC, Handighara, Achuli, Jaleswarkhandi and Gothialli. This Diwali, there were no lamps to light, no new clothes to wear, and many children had lost even their books."

The cops decided to visit those affected by the floods as "n...