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The avalanche hit the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) camp between Mana and Badrinath between 5:30 am and 6 am on Friday, burying 55 workers inside eight containers and a shed

The rescue operation, despite severe weather conditions, is being carried out relentlessly by teams from the Indian Army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF)

Fifty-five Border Roads Organisation (BRO) labourers were trapped under the avalanche on Friday and 33 of them were rescued

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

The site conditions were studied even by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) while other teams including rathole miners ventured till the critical point of the mine

Srinagar-Leh highway has been closed for nearly two months due to snow.

The inauguration of the bridges built by the Border Roads Organisation comes at a time when India is engaged in a standoff with China in eastern Ladakh.

The 9.02 km long tunnel, the longest highway tunnel in the world connects Manali to Lahaul-Spiti valley throughout the year.