An avalanche hit a northern Indian state of Uttrakhand leaving four dead and five missing.
According to Al Jazeera, officials on Saturday, March 1, 2025, said that four workers have been killed after an avalanche hit the camp of the temporary workers at a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) highway construction site in the village of Mana.
The Indian Army stated that the avalanche buried 55 people under the snow. However, the rescuers managed to pull 50 people from the snow and debris, but four of them died from the injuries.
Meanwhile, multiple rescue teams and military helicopters have been deployed for the rescue mission of the missing five workers.
Uttarakhand state chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami, in a post on X, confirmed that some of the workers have sustained serious injuries and were taken to the Army Hospital, Joshimath, for treatment.
He stressed that the government was committed to providing all possible assistance to those affected "in this hour of crisis," adding, “Efforts are underway to safely extract the remaining trapped workers as soon as possible.”
Gaurav Kunwar, a former village council member of Mana, told BBC that the affected area was a "migratory area" where no one lives permanently. “Only labourers working on border roads stay there in the winter.”
Notably, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police have asserted that the heavy snowfall, difficult terrain, and poor visibility are creating difficulties for the rescue workers.
