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In search for 10 soldiers in Siachen, now every minute counts

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So sad after reading this! Our soldiers are working under excruciating conditions to protect our borders! Salute our soldiers!
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[h=1]In search for 10 soldiers in Siachen, now every minute counts[/h]

February 04, 2016 15:39
A day after an avalanche hit the northern part of the Siachen Glacier, rescuers with dogs are carving through massive chunks of ice to reach 10 soldiers trapped after a wall of ice, a kilometre wide and 600 metres high, came crashing down on their post.

Sources have told NDTV, "It's as if there is nothing, no post there at all." Every minute counts now, they added, pointing out that rescuers are working in temperatures as low as minus 30 degrees centigrade to navigate the extremely treacherous heights of the Saltoro ridge (directly West of the Siachen glacier) upon which the soldiers were based at a post located at 19,600 feet

http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...inute-counts/b7b7a303d5369d04fcdb9b2b7b646c75
 
Siachen's security is important as it is a logistics base for the Army! We cannot lose an inch of it having burnt our fingers in 1947!

[h=1]Deployment of troops in Siachen necessary for security: Parrikar[/h]

February 07, 2016 21:41
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Terming the death of 10 soldiers in an avalanche on the Siachen glacier 'painful', Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the decision to deploy troops in the world's highest battlefield was based on security needs, despite the hostile conditions there.

Ten army personnel, including an officer, were buried on Wednesday after they were hit by an avalanche at a high-altitude post on the glacier in Jammu and Kashmir.

"Decision about (deployment of troops in) Siachen is based on the security of the nation. If somebody wants to go there and they have to understand its importance, why we are maintaining it (security presence) in spite of hostile conditions...I think you will understand if you go to that place," he told reporters on the sidelines of an international maritime conference in Visakhapatnam.

"I am disturbed with any loss, particularly of soldiers, who do it for the nation. Now this particular incident (death of 10 soldiers) is absolutely painful to me personally," he said.

"You can yourself understand that the terrain is such that we lost thousands of soldiers to retain control over it' though the loss of human lives on Siachen had come down in recent years due to improved facilities, the defence minister said.

The glaciated area presents temperatures ranging from a minimum of -42C in the night to maximum of -25C during the day.

http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...ity-parrikar/ccd8cf0388b1eb22177a42fd74cb53a7
 
At this advanced age of technology, India could explore the possibility of having remotely controlled surveillance and combat facilities in Siachen glacier areas, for avoiding loss of human life.

As nothing is impossible, we shall hope for the best.
 
yesmohan said:
At this advanced age of technology, India could explore the possibility of having remotely controlled surveillance and combat facilities in Siachen glacier areas, for avoiding loss of human life.

As nothing is impossible, we shall hope for the best.
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i was posted in LEH/LADDHAKH AREAS FOR THREE YEARS...during my tenure in indian army..i used to serve in SIACHEN GLACIER

AREAS...its very hard life and border of three countries....india/pakisthan/china.....all the three are having same problems....

but our facilities for jawans are very limited...i dont want go in very detail...its unavoidable....its part and parce of

army life...very risky life...
 
Hope Lance Naik Hanamanthappa survives! It shows his grit and determination to beat the biting cold post the avalanche attack! Great going!

[h=1]Miracle survivor Lance Naik Hanamanthappa airlifted to Delhi[/h]ShareComment
February 09, 2016 10:42
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The condition of Lance Naik Hanamanthappa, who was rescued from under 25 feet of snow 6 days after the Siachen avalanche, is critical, but stable.


A special medical team airlifted Hanamanthappa to Delhi on Tuesday morning.


Hanumantha's uncle Gadigeppa said: "We are happy. The entire village is happy and relieved. We were eagerly waiting for some news for past few days. It was difficult to even believe that he was saved. Now, we need everyone to pray for his survival."


"We realized that Hanumantha was found, through the media only," he said.


The soldier's mother and wife now want to travel but are waiting for the government to send some form of transport to help them.


A junior commissioned officer and nine other ranks of Madras Regiment were buried after their post was hit by the avalanche at the altitude of 19,600 feet close to the Line of Control with Pakistan where the tempreature was -45C.

http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...ted-to-delhi/3f405a84ff93159930d65cb5990de7ea
 
The nation prays for the life of the brave soldier!

[h=1]'Lance Naik Hanumanthappa was buried under 35-ft of ice'[/h]

The full text of the Health bulletin issued by the Army Hospital Research and Referral (R&R) in New Delhi today:


L/Nk Hanamanthappa K of 19 MADRAS, was buried under 35 ft of ice and snow at 20500 ft for five days since the avalanche at Siachen on 03 Feb 16.

He was rescued from the site on 08 Feb 16.

On recovery, he was found to be conscious but drowsy and disoriented.

He was severely dehydrated, hypothermic, hypoxic, hypoglycemic and in shock. He was immediately resuscitated by the doctors at the site, who had been there for the past five days in the hope of a survivor. He was treated with warm intravenous fluids, humidified warm oxygen and passive external rewarming.

He was flown out from the site on 09 Feb 16 by helicopter along with a Medical Specialist to the Siachen base camp, from where he was brought to the Thois air base. He was then transferred to Delhi by a fixed wing aircraft of the IAF along with a Critical Care Specialist of the IAF and Medical Specialist from the Siachen Base Camp.


He is currently comatose and continues to be in shock with low blood pressure. He has pneumonia and his investigations have revealed liver and kidney dysfunction. Fortunately there was no cold exposure related frost bite or bony injuries to him. He is being treated by a team of intensivists, neurologist, nephrologist, endocrinologist and surgeons.

He has been treated with fluids, drugs to bring up his blood pressure and antibiotics. He has been placed on a ventilator to protect his airway and lungs in view of his comatose state.

He remains extremely critical and is expected to have a stormy course in the next 24 to 48 hrs due to the complications caused by re warming and establishment of blood flow to the cold parts of the body.

General Dalbir Singh, COAS visited Army Hospital Research and Referral (R&R) today and commended the brave heart for his indomitable mental robustness and his refusal to give in to harsh elements of nature.

He also conveyed best wishes on behalf of all ranks of the Army for his early and complete recovery.

http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...-35ft-of-ice/698302422398ff1584ad11d7aae0cacd
 
Unfortunately Lance Naik Hanamanthappa breathed his last today...Nation pays homage to the departed soldier!

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