On the night of June 12, a couple in Raigad district was blessed wwith a boy and she had only one person to thank — police constable Aarti Raut, who for they was a -god-sent angel-. Anasuya and Vinayak Khalu, both aged 22, hails from Washi Havelli in Tala taluka and stay with his mother, handicapped father, and two sisters in a small kachha house. On June 3, the day Cyclone Nisarga ravaged the district, Anasuya was in labour pain.

"It was windy and raining, and my wife was unable to bear the pain. I have a two-wheeler, but I couldn-t have taken her on the bike in such a weather and in the advance state of pregnancy," Vinayak told mid-day. "I ran towards the main road, hoping to get some mode of transport to take my wife to a maternity hospital in Mhasla taluka, 65 km away, , but I could only see falling electric poles and uprooting trees."