Avalanche in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district (Image credits: PTI) NEW DELHI: Social activists have blamed “administrative negligence” for the death of eight workers in an avalanche that struck a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) camp in Mana, Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district, last week.They argue that the tragedy could have been averted if authorities had acted on a prior…
Officials said 29 survivors have been airlifted from Mana and Badrinath to Jyotirmath, where they are receiving treatment at an Army hospital Four workers were killed, and four remain missing after an avalanche hit a temporary workers’ camp at a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) highway construction site 500m beyond Mana near the India-China border, officials…
Rescuers carry a worker while a crane clears the snow-covered path ahead (Image credits: PTI) NEW DELHI: A massive avalanche struck a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) labour camp between Mana and Badrinath at around 7.15 am on Friday, leaving 42 burried workers inside eight containers and one shed.A video shared by PTI showed a rescue…