Avalanche buries BRO camp in Uttarakhand: 33 employees rescued, 22 nonetheless trapped
In an earlier put up on X, the chief minister mentioned, “Acquired the unhappy information about a number of labourers getting trapped in an avalanche which occurred close to Mana village throughout building work being carried out by the BRO.”
“I pray to lord Badri Vishal for the security of all of the labourers,” he mentioned.
Staff from Jharkhand are additionally amongst these feared trapped, an official mentioned. Nonetheless, the precise variety of trapped labourers from Jharkhand shouldn’t be identified.
“There have been experiences of a number of employees working beneath BRO in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district being trapped beneath a damaged glacier,” Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren mentioned in a put up on X.
The Indian Air Power’s (IAF) Mi-17 choppers will go away for Mana on Saturday morning to affix the search-and-rescue operations.
Dhami held a gathering with senior officers on the SEOC right here late within the night and requested them to arrange a catastrophe management room in Joshimath additionally.
The NDRF, SDRF, ITBP and Military ought to coordinate with one another to take away the snow from the affected space, the chief minister mentioned and instructed the officers to take particular care of the rescued labourers.
The Mana helipad must be opened on precedence in order that the injured could possibly be airlifted by the Mi-17 helicopters and satisfactory preparations must be made in all hospitals, together with the Military Hospital, district hospital and All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, he added.
If wanted, the injured must be delivered to the AIIMS, Rishikesh by air ambulances, Dhami mentioned.
Secure evacuation of the trapped labourers is the state authorities’s prime precedence, he mentioned. Helpline numbers are additionally being issued for the households of the affected folks, the chief minister added.
He additionally requested the DMs to stay alert in view of the MeT division’s warning for heavy rain and snowfall within the high-altitude areas of the hill state, in order that any emergency scenario might be handled rapidly.
