Rescuers pulled out 14 more labourers from the snow that engulfed a BRO camp in the high-altitude Mana village in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district as search operations resumed at the site of the avalanche on Saturday, officials said. Eight workers remain trapped.
With the evacuation of the 14 labourers, 47 of the 55 workers who were trapped under the avalanche have been rescued. Thirty-three labourers were rescued by Friday night.
The avalanche hit the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) camp between Mana and Badrinath between 5:30 am and 6 am on Friday, burying the workers inside eight containers and a shed, according to the Army.
Rain and snowfall hampered the rescue efforts on Friday and the operation was suspended as the night fell.
As the weather cleared up on Saturday, choppers joined the operation.