Rashtriya Sainik Sanstha honours the Families of the Martyrs at Jantar Mantar who sacrificed their lives in the Helicopter crash in Uttarakhand Calamity
1st Sept.2013, Jantar Mantar, Parliament Street, New Delhi : ON 31st August,2013 the Families of those 20 Martyrs of the Helicopter Crash in Uttarakhnad who sacrificed their lives for rescuing the stranded Pilgrims, were felicitated by Rashtriya Sainik Sanstha at Jantar Mantar. Following Families were honoured :-
Indian Air Force:
Shri Leonard Olivera-brother of Shaheed Wg Cdr D Castelino from Mumbai, Shri Sandeep Kumar- Brother of Shaheed Flt Lt K Praveen from Tamil Nadu, Shri Naresh Kapoor-Father of Shaheed Flt Lt T Kapoor from New Delhi and Shri Vikramajit Singh-Father of Shaheed JWO Akhilesh Kumar Singh from Rae Baraeilley
National Disaster Response Force:
- Shri Manna Lal Gupta- Father of the Shaheed 2I/C Shaheed from Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
- Smt Sangeeta Sangwan-Sister of Shaheed SI Satish Kumar from Bhiwani, Haryana.
- Smt K Rani- Mother of Shaheed CT K Vinaygan from Andhra Pradesh
- Shri Kishore Ramesh Pawar-Brother of Shaheed CT D Pawar from Maharashtra
- Shri Gorakh Hanuman Tai Rao- Brother of CT Ahir Rao Ganesh from Maharashtra
- Smt Poonam Kumari-Wife of Shaheed CT Santosh Kumar Paswan from Jharkhand
Indo Tibetan Border Police:
- Shri Ratan Lal Bhatt- Brother of Shaheed SI Jayendra Prasad fro Dehradoon, Uttarakhand
- Shri Hemant Kumar Rai- Brother of Shaheed CT Bibhuti Roy from, Dhubri, Assam
- Shri Arvind Kumar- Brother of Shaheed CT Sarvesh Kumar from Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
- Gaurav Senani Bala Tilakan- Brother of Shaheed CT Jomon P G from Alleppey, Kerala
- Shri Vinod Hindwal- Brother of Shaheed CT Ajay Lal from Karan Prayag, Uttarakhand
The National President of the Rashtriya Sainik Sanstha Col Tejandra Pal Tyagi said that we firmly believe that honouring Shaheeds is directly proportional to National Integration and Building up of National Character. Since no particular caste, class, race, state or religion can claim total sovereignty on any SHAHEED, as he belongs to the entire Nation and hence honoring him is far better than building up the GDP.
The Ex Election Commissioner of India Dr G V G Krishnamurty said that if a Politician looses an election he can re-contest, if a Bureaucrat is suspended he can be reinstated and if an Actor flops in a Film he can remake another but a Soldier can sacrifice his life only once and therefore it is called supreme sacrifice. Supreme Sacrifice should be paid supreme Respect. He said that the Government should pay at least Rs 50 lakh to each Shaheed family and felicitate them in the Vigyan Bhawan. This will raise the morale of the Combat Soldier.
The Bands of the Indian Air Force and the Indo Tibetan Border Police played the choicest Patriotic Tunes today at Jantar Mantar.
The Convenor of the Rashtriya Sainik Sanstha for the NCR Shri Rajiv Jolly Khosla, the member of the National Council Col Ajai Vir, the Advisor Shri Sarvesh Mittal, State President of Uttarakhnad Col Ganga Singh Rawat, Capt Gosain, Capt Pawar, National Vice President Smt Damyanti Rai and very many others felicitated the Families by giving them Mementos and Gifts.Another attraction for this occasion was the choicest patriotic Poems by the National Poet Shri Rajesh Chetan.
All Families demanded from the Govt. that at least a certificate of Shahddat should be given to each family : it does not incur any expenditure to the Govt.
Dr G V G Krishnamurty
Ex election Commissioner of India & National President
National Executive Patron Rashtriya Sainik Sanstha
