The Army that all available equipment and personnel were being employed in collaboration with various agencies for the rescue operations.

Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority releases list of missing workers, who hail from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, and Jammu & Kashmir

The ecologically sensitive Himalayan region, which has been severely affected by global warming, is prone to avalanches.

The construction workers of the Border Roads Organisation camp were engaged in work on the border area of Mana village in Badrinath, officials said

Following the avalanche, a massive rescue operation has been launched. Teams from the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) have been deployed to the site.

As many as 47 workers engaged in road construction got trapped under huge blocks of snow as a massive avalanche hit Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Friday.The construction workers of the Border Roads Organisation camp were engaged in work on the border area of Mana village in Badrinath,