A minimum of 25 highway staff stay trapped after a large avalanche struck a distant border space within the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officers say.
Senior district official Sandeep Tiwari advised BBC Hindi that 32 staff had been rescued and moved to a military camp close by.
The avalanche hit a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) camp within the village of Mana, which shares a border with Tibet, officers say.
Officers stated rescue operations have been persevering with in excessive climate amid heavy snowfall.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami wrote on X that rescue work was being carried out by the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), the BRO and different groups.
Ambulances and emergency groups have been dispatched, however treacherous situations proceed to pose challenges for rescuers.
Footage posted on X by ITBP confirmed rescuers carrying individuals on stretchers and strolling by way of a number of toes of snow – whilst extra snow continued to fall.
Colonel Ankur Mahajan, a commander with the BRO, advised the Hindustan Instances newspaper that those that had been rescued have been receiving therapy “however the extent of their accidents is unclear”.
Gaurav Kunwar, a former village council member of Mana, advised BBC Information that particulars of the incident have been sketchy.
“No-one lives there completely. It is a migratory space and solely labourers engaged on border roads keep there within the winter. There’s additionally some military presence there. We have heard that it has been raining within the space for 2 days. The highway staff have been in a camp when the avalanche hit.”
Earlier on Friday, the India Meteorological Division warned of heavy rainfall and snow within the northern Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand in addition to Jammu and Kashmir.
Orange alerts have additionally been issued for snowfall in a number of districts of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.
