Mangaluru's Hansel Joseph Sequiera gets Seva Medal on 88th Air Force Day
Joseph was part of Air Force team that had carried Balakot Airstrike
Mangaluru: Group Captain Hansel Joseph Sequiera, aged 42 years was honoured with Yudh Seva Medal during a grand parade-cum-investiture ceremony held at the Air Force Station Hindon near Delhi to commemorate the 88th anniversary of the Indian Force. Indian Air Force Day is commemorated on 8 October every year to mark the foundation day of the Indian Air Force. The ceremony was attended by the top brass of Indian Air Force including the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria. Other notable dignitaries included the Chief of Defence Staff and the Army and Naval Chiefs.
Group Captain Hansel Joseph Sequiera is from Mangaluru, son of Mr. Victor and Olivia Sequiera who are now residing at Bengaluru. Mr. Victor Sequiera retired as Revenue officer of Karnataka Housing Board, Bangalore and Mrs. Olivia Sequiera as Branch Manager from Syndicate Bank. Mr. Victor Sequiera hails from Puttur and Mrs. Olivia Sequiera from Kadri, Mangalore.
Hansel Sequiera completed his early education from St. Joseph's Arts and Science College, Bangalore and was commissioned into the Indian Air Force in 2000. He is married to Prajwal Sequeira, daughter of Arthur and Sylvia Concessao from Mangalore. He is the nephew of Archbishop Emirates Vincent Concessao, New Delhi.
He was one of the Air Force officers who took active part to avenge the Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir in which India carried out an aerial strike at a terror training camp in Balakot in Pakistan on February 26 last year.
The Yudh Seva Medal recognizes distinguished service of a high order during war, conflict or hostilities.
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Bridge portion collapses on Jammu outskirts; 3-4 labourers feared trapped, 1 rescued
Jammu (PTI): A portion of a small bridge collapsed in the Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu city on Friday, trapping at least three to four labourers under the debris, while one injured worker was rescued, official sources said.
Authorities have closed the road link following the collapse of the portion of the bridge.
The incident occurred when labourers were carrying out repair work on a retaining wall near the bridge that was damaged in last year's flash floods, the sources said.
According to the sources, a section of the bridge suddenly gave way, burying workers engaged at the site under the rubble.
Police, Army and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) teams launched rescue operations to extricate those buried under the debris. They pulled out one injured labourer and shifted him to a hospital, the sources said.
Family members of the labourers present at the site said around six workers engaged at the site at the time of the incident came under the debris when the structure collapsed. The family members said while two of the labourers managed to escape, four got trapped.
The sources said those trapped included the husband of a woman labourer, a mason, an unmarried labourer and a relative of the contractor.
There was no official confirmation on the exact number of persons trapped under the debris till the filing of this report.
The rescue operations are ongoing.
