Cyclone Arnab Relief Programme 2026: Why Yanam and Konaseema

calendar_month Nov 10, 2026

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𝗖𝘆𝗰𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗯 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗮

When Cyclone Arnab crossed the Andhra coast on 28 October, 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝟰𝟬 𝗸𝗺 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗺. Two days earlier, 𝗜𝗠𝗗 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗱 𝗠𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝟭 𝘁𝗼 𝟭.𝟱 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗺, and Konaseema stayed under red alert for extremely heavy rain on 27 and 28 October.

The loss was vast. 𝗔𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝟲,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲, and its 𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗯𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆, 𝘀𝘂𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲. In Yanam, low-lying colonies went under water. Across the coast, 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟮,𝟮𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝟳𝟵,𝟬𝟬𝟬 𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗽𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱. Fishermen lost boats and nets, labourers lost their wages, and single women and elders returned to broken huts.

So we chose to serve the families closest to the storm's fury: 𝟯,𝟱𝟬𝟬 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝟮,𝟲𝟴𝟬 𝗶𝗻 𝗬𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟴𝟮𝟬 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗿. 𝗕.𝗥. 𝗔𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗱𝗸𝗮𝗿 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁. From 7 to 10 November, our volunteers carried 16-item relief kits door to door, family by family. 𝗔 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 Infosys Foundation. Our proposal reached them on the day of landfall, and 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝘄𝗼 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆.

That clarity turned a plan into food on the table within ten days. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗵𝗿𝗮, after reaching 1,496 families through the North Andhra Disaster Relief Programme in October. Our heartfelt thanks to the Infosys Foundation team and to Sri Mahesh Kumar ji and Sri Kishore Kumar ji for their guidance.

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