Uttarakhand: 57 Labourers Trapped Underneath Avalanche, 16 Rescued | India Information
Dehradun: Forty-one BRO employees had been trapped beneath an avalanche close to the excessive altitude border village of Mana in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Friday, officers mentioned. The snowslide had initially buried 57 males however 16 had been rescued. The avalanche buried a camp of the Border Roads Organisation between Mana and Badrinath, Chamoli District Justice of the Peace Sandeep Tiwari mentioned.
Mana, three kilometres from Badrinath, is the final village on the India-Tibet border at a top of three,200 metres. “Out of the 57 BRO labourers trapped within the avalanche, 16 have been rescued. Efforts are on to rescue the remainder. The assistance of ITBP and different departments is being taken within the rescue operations. Our catastrophe administration division and all the administration is absolutely alert,” Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami instructed reporters.
“Our effort is to rescue all safely as quickly as attainable,” he mentioned Groups of the Nationwide Catastrophe Response Power (NDRF) and SDRF left for the spot amid persevering with snowfall and rain. Officers had been on alert for unhealthy climate and its attainable influence.
The Defence Geoinformatics Analysis Institution (DGRE) in Chandigarh had issued an avalanche warning for a interval of 24 hours at 5 pm on Thursday for locations situated above 2,400 metres in Chamoli, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Pithoragarh and Bageshwar districts.
The MeT workplace in Dehradun additionally predicted remoted heavy rain and snowfall in places located at 3,500 metres and above in these districts on Friday morning. Following this, the State Emergency Operations Centre right here alerted involved district magistrates.
In an earlier submit on X, Dhami mentioned, “Obtained 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.”
“ITBP, BRO and different rescue groups have launched reduction and rescue operations. I pray to lord Badri Vishal for the protection of all of the labourers,” Dhami mentioned within the submit.
