57 labourers trapped under avalanche in Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said 16 of 57 workers trapped under avalanche in Chamoli have been rescued

Dehradun: Fifty-seven labourers from the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) were trapped under an avalanche near the border village of Mana in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Friday, officials said.

The avalanche buried a camp of the Border Roads Organisation between Mana and Badrinath, Chamoli District Magistrate Sandeep Tiwari said. Mana is the last village on the India-Tibet border at a height of 3,200 metres.

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Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and SDRF have left for the spot amid continuing snowfall and rain.  

Meanwhile, Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami said 16 of 57 workers trapped under avalanche in Chamoli have been rescued.