Chamoli avalanche: Uttarakhand CM meets injured workers airlifted to Joshimath
GH News March 01, 2025 04:03 PM
Chamoli (Uttarakhand) [India], March 1 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami visited the injured Border Roads Organisation (BRO) workers who were rescued from the Mana Avalanche site on Saturday. "ARMY, NDRF, ITBP, and district administration personnel are there for the rescue work. Due to heavy snowfall, all the roads connecting the site have been blocked. We are trying to rescue all those who are still trapped as soon as possible. The 14 workers who were rescued today are all safe, and they are being brought to Joshimath," CM Dhami told ANI.Meanwhile, the injured workers have been transported to Joshimath for treatment at the Army Hospital.CM Dhami also met with Army personnel and officials to receive updates on the ongoing rescue and relief operations.Till Saturday morning, 47 BRO workers of the total 55 people trapped under snow have been rescued, and rescue and relief operations are still underway to rescue the eight others.Four Army choppers have been pressed into rescue operations to save the eight people still trapped under snow in the avalanche that struck near Mana Village yesterday, district magistrate Sandeep Tiwari said today.The Chamoli District Magistrate further said four helicopters have arrived with the help of the Centre and the State governments have joined the rescue operations."Of the total 55 people, 47 have been rescued from Mana. We have brought seven people to Joshimath Hospital, and they are under treatment. They are under doctors' observation. Three of them are stable...I hope that the remaining people will also be rescued soon," Chamoli DM said.Workers of the Border Roads Organisation had got trapped under snow when the avalanche struck on Friday and teams from the NDRF, Indian Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police working on a war footing in a joint operation have managed to pull out 47 workers out of the 55 people trapped so far and the search for eight remaining have intensified.The Uttarakhand government has issued the following helpline numbers: Mobile No: 8218867005, 9058441404; Telephone No: 0135 2664315; Toll-Free No: 1070. (ANI)
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