Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad belongs to a farming family of Betadur village in Kundagol taluk of Dharwad district.

The village, mainly an agrarian one, has in recent years seen around six sons of the soil joining the Army.

Lance Naik Koppad belongs to a joint family, which is mainly into agriculture, holding around 3 acres of land, which they inherited from their father, Ramappa Koppad, who passed away a few years ago.

The youngest in the family, Lance Naik Koppad always wanted to join the Army. He came up the hard way, attending high school at Aralikatti village by walking 6 km every day. And, despite being rejected thrice in the Army recruitment rallies at Belagavi, Dharwad and Gadag, he kept on trying and finally managed to get into the 19 Madras Regiment 14 years ago.

Four years ago, Lance Naik Koppad married Mahadevi (Jayashri) and has a two-year-old daughter, Netra. His last visit to Betadur was six months ago. His earnings helped build a house in the government-allotted site in the village.

Just a day before the avalanche, he had called his family. “He had enquired about all of us,” said his eldest brother, Govindappa, who left for Delhi on Tuesday.

The Indian Army soldier, Lance Naik Hanumanthappa Koppad, is currently in a comatose state and continues to be in shock with low blood pressure, an army statement released on Tuesday said.

The soldier, found alive six days after being presumed dead under 35 feet of snow, has been put on ventilator in ICU, and remains “extremely critical”, the medical bulletin said.

“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 hours due to the complications caused by re-warming and establishment of blood flow to the cold parts of the body,” the bulletin said.

“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,” it said.

Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Lance Naik Hanumanthappa at the Army’s Research & Referral Hospital .

“No words are enough to describe endurance & indomitable spirit of Lance Naik Hanumanthappa. He’s an outstanding soldier,” Modi told ANI.

Hanumanthappa was miraculously found alive after remaining buried under huge mass of snow for six days at Siachen Glacier.

He was rushed to the hospital in a critical condition with a weak pulse on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday went to Army’s Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi to see Lance Naik Hanumanthappa who was miraculously found alive after remaining buried under huge mass of snow for six days at Siachen Glacier.

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नयी दिल्ली। हनुमनथप्पा अलविदा कह गए। सियाचीन की बर्फ सच में इस वीर के लिए कब्र साबित हो गई। बीते दिनों सियाचीन की 35 फीट गहरी बर्फ के नीचे से हनुमनथप्पा को जीवित बाहर निकाला गया। जिसके बाद उनका इलाज दिल्ली के आर आर अस्पताल में चल रहा था। सोशल मीडिया के जरिए हो या फिर लोगों की जुबानें इस शूर वीर के जीवन के लिए प्रार्थनाएं कर रही थीं। पर, ईश्वर को शायद कुछ और ही मंजूर था। देश के जांबाज की शहादत के बाद उनसे कई जिज्ञासाएं जहन में आ रही होंगी।

नयी दिल्ली। 13 अप्रैल 1984 को कड़े संघर्ष के बाद भारतीय सेना ने पाकिस्तानी सेना को हराकर उत्तरी कश्मीर में सियाचिन ग्लेशियर पर कब्ज़ा कर लिया था। उसके बाद से इस ग्लेशियर पर चौकसी रखने के लिए भारतीय सेना कड़ी चुनौतियों का सामना करती हैं। इन्हीं चुनौतियों की वजह से अब तक तकरीबन हजार जवानों ने हमने खो दिए। हाल ही में सियाचिन ग्लेशियर स्थित एक सैन्य चौकी के हिमस्खलन की चपेट में आने से 10 सैनिक शहीद हो गए।

पूरा देश इस हादसे में अपने जांबाजों को खोने से दुखी है। लेकिन क्या आप जानते हैं कि आखिर किन वजहों से हमने अपने पराक्रमी जवानों को खो दिया? क्या आप जानते हैं कि आखिर क्यों सियाचिन ग्लेशियर पर हमारे जवान हर पल जोखिम का सामना करते हैं? अगर आप नहीं जानते हैं तो जरा इन स्लाइड्स को देखिए आपको खुद पता चल जाएगा कि आखिर किन विषम परिस्थियों में हमारे जवान सियाचिन ग्लेशियर पर तैनात रहते हैं...