Missing Worker's Body Recovered, Uttarakhand Avalanche Deaths Rise To 8 | Read

The death count in the avalanche incident in Uttarakhand's Chamoli increased to eight after four missing workers' bodies were recovered this afternoon.

An avalanche struck the labour site of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) near Mana village, about 5 km from the Badrinath Temple, on Friday, burying 54 workers inside eight containers and a shed under the snow.

Thirty-three of them were rescued by Friday night and 17 on Saturday with the help of personnel from the Army, Air Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and State Disaster Response Force (SDRF).

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