Uttarakhand Avalanche Deaths Rise To 7, Rescuers Look For 1 Missing Worker | Read
The death count in the avalanche incident in Uttarakhand's Chamoli increased to seven after three bodies were recovered this afternoon. One worker is still missing.
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).
