Uttarakhand: 57 workers trapped in avalanche in Mana village of Chamoli district, out of which 33 were rescued, efforts are on to rescue the remaining workers

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Dehradun: 57 workers were buried under snow due to an avalanche in the high altitude area near Mana, a border village in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand on Friday. Out of these 57 workers working for the Border Roads Organisation, who were stranded amid heavy snowfall in the high altitude areas of the state, 33 have been rescued safely. According to the information received from the state’s disaster management department, by 5 pm, 32 people trapped in the avalanche 6 km ahead of Badrinath Dham have been rescued safely, while the process of evacuating the remaining 24 others is underway.

The avalanche occurred at around 07:15 am

According to reports, an avalanche occurred at the BRO workers’ camp located between Mana and Badrinath at around 07:15 am, due to which the workers were buried under snow. After receiving information about the incident, employees of police, army, Border Roads Organisation (BRO), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), State Disaster Response Force and Disaster Management Department reached the spot and started rescue and relief operations. The Uttarakhand government said that so far 33 workers have been rescued. Due to bad weather and continuous snowfall, there are difficulties in carrying out rescue and relief operations at the spot. However, there is no report of any casualty in the incident yet. The names of all the workers trapped in the incident have also come to light.

‘The camp was not closed due to no snowfall’

Mana, about 3 km from Badrinath, is the last village on the Indo-Tibetan border, which is located at an altitude of 3200 meters. The accident site has been considered dangerous in winters in terms of avalanches, so in earlier times people were removed from this camp and kept in Badrinath. Mana village head Pitambar Singh said that this time the camp was not closed due to lack of snowfall and today the workers were caught in the accident. Badrinath Dham is situated on the foothills of Nar and Narayan mountains, between which the Alaknanda river flows. The accident happened due to an avalanche from Nar mountain.