Fifty-seven labourers from the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) were trapped under an avalanche near the border village of Mana in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Friday (February 28, 2025), officials said.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said that 16 workers were rescued so far and that a rescue operation was under way.
“57 of the BRO workers were trapped in the avalanche, out of which 16 workers have been rescued. All preparations have been made. We are taking help from the ITBP. The district administration and all others are in touch, and we are trying to rescue all as soon as possible,” he told ANI.
The avalanche buried a camp of the Border Roads Organisation between Mana and Badrinath, Chamoli District Magistrate Sandeep Tiwari said.
Mana is the last village on the India-Tibet border at a height of 3,200 metres.
Teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and SDRF have left for the spot amid continuing snowfall and rain.
