Remember the martyred soldiers

February 14 is celebrated as ‘Gichitati Jachithi’ - Valentine’s Day - by happy lovers all over the world and in India.

Ironically, most of the country does not remember the dark incident that happened that day. When some disaster strikes, they protest for a couple of days, light candles at night, and give speeches, and the matter is over.

People wake up again only when another such incident happens. This has been going on for many years.

On February 14, 2019, 40 soldiers were martyred in a terrorist attack in Pulwama. Their families placed the mutilated bodies of their lost husbands and sons in coffins and draped the national flag on them to lay them to rest forever.

In some places, paramilitary organizations commemorate their classmates, colleagues, and martyrs They pay tribute. For some, the incident of that day will remain unforgettable.

On February 14, 2019, the paramilitary CRPF soldiers, who had returned to the terror-hit Kashmir after their annual leave, started their duty from their campus in Jammu in a convoy of 78 vehicles, about 2,500 soldiers, thinking about the next duty and the difficult path, traveled to the terror-hit Kashmir Valley.

Since it was a convoy of their force's vehicles, they traveled with the hope of reaching safely after getting permission from the road safety department. But the fate of some of them took an unexpected turn. The soldiers, who were expecting to reach their residence a short distance away, were unexpectedly attacked by a suicide bomber in Pulwama at 3:15 pm in a four-wheeler vehicle loaded with explosives. He rammed a bus carrying soldiers and blew it up.

As a result of the explosion, 40 soldiers on the bus were martyred on the spot. More than 35 people were seriously injured. This is a dark day on record.

There are many more such incidents of sacrifice of paramilitary soldiers. Ironically, neither the central government nor the state government takes the sacrifice of paramilitary soldiers seriously and they are still roaming around the offices of people's representatives and government offices for facilities and benefits. This is a shameful matter. Let the governments at least consider the pain of paramilitary soldiers who serve at the borders of the country, giving up their lives and providing them with necessary facilities.

-Noorera M. Bheemayya

Former Soldiers' Union, Paramilitary Kodagu District

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