NDRF Director General Piyush Anand said their focus was to evacuate the maximum number of people. He added that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has been monitoring the operation closely and has given directions to save every life.
He said the situation remained difficult due to continuous snowfall in the region. However, Suman added that rescue operations were underway to rescue trapped Border Roads Organisation (BRO) workers.
As of now, 15 workers from the Border Roads Organization (BRO) have been rescued from the avalanche near Mana village in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, officials said.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday spoke to Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami regarding the glacier burst in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district.
Earlier today, the workers engaged in in road construction got trapped under huge blocks of snow as a massive avalanche hit Uttarakhand's Chamoli district. The CM also mentioned that 16 out of 57 workers have been rescued, and efforts are on to save the remaining people.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Friday said that 16 workers engaged in road construction have been rescued and efforts are being made to rescue other workers in Chamoli's Mana.
Rescue operations are currently underway in Nagarkurnool. Eight workers remain trapped inside a tunnel that collapsed on February 22. A rescue team is set to deploy 200 personnel to the site.
A fishing boat belonging to Rakesh Gan caught fire approximately 6-7 nautical miles off the coast of Akshi, Alibaug, in the Raigad district during the early hours of Thursday, officials said.
Rescue operations are underway at the SLBC tunnel in Nagarkurnool, where eight workers remain trapped after a portion of the tunnel collapsed on February 22.
A joint team of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and police successfully rescued 11 labourers trapped in a flood at a construction site on the Ujh River in Kathua on Friday morning, officials said.
Relatives of Gurpreet Singh, one of the eight workers stuck inside, have urged the government to expedite efforts, emphasising that he is the sole breadwinner of his family.