(NDTV)
Twenty-four Border Roads Organisation (BRO) workers are still trapped after an avalanche hit Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, officials said today. The incident took place near the border village of Mana, about five kilometres from the Badrinath temple.
There were a total of 57 workers of which 22 managed to escape the avalanche. Eleven BRO workers have been so far rescued and being treated. Around 65 Indian Army and ITBP personnel are involved in the rescue operation. Fifty-seven road construction workers were stationed in the BRO camp at the time of the incident, informed Deepam Seth, Uttarakhand’s Director General of Police.
