New Delhi, March 3
The search and rescue operations in avalanche at the site of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) project in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district ended on March 2.
The officials recovered four bodies from the site. This takes the death toll in the avalanche to eight, with four bodies having already been found on March 1.
The eight dead were identified as Mohinder Pal and Harmesh Chand from Himachal Pradesh; Jitender Singh, Manjeet Yadav, Alok Yadav, and Ashok Paswan from Uttar Pradesh; and Anil Kumar and Arvind Kumar Singh from Uttarakhand.
The officials informed that there were 54 workers at the project site when the avalanche buried the containers that the workers were using as living quarters. Forty-six of them were safely rescued.
Eight helicopters, including five from the Army, two from the Air Force and one civilian helicopter hired by the Army, have evacuated all rescued persons from Mana Post, near the avalanche site, to Joshimath Military Hospital.
The State Disaster Management Authority said that of the 46 rescued workers, 44 were admitted to the military hospital in Joshimath and are in stable condition. Two workers are undergoing treatment at AIIMS Rishikesh, and their condition is improving.
