Four dead and several missing after the Avalancha India Himalayas

At least four people have died and several others disappear after an avalanche hit the state of northern India in Uttarakhand, authorities said.

A rescue operation has been carried out after the avalanche swept road construction workers in the town of Mana, who shares a border with Tibet, Friday.

About 50 people who were buried under snow and the debris were rescued, but four died from their wounds, the Indian army said.

Helicopters have been deployed in the search for five people who are not yet in the state of the Himalayan mountain, he added.

Uttarakhand state prime minister, Pushkar Singh Dhami, said rescue teams were “continuously involved in help efforts” after Avalancha, which reached a border road organization camp.

He added that the government was committed to providing all possible assistance to those affected “in this hour of crisis.”

Images Posted in x On Friday by the Indo -Toeta border police, he showed rescuers who transported people on stretchers and walked through several snow feet, even the more snow they continued to fall.

Gaurav Kunwar, former member of the Council of the Village of Mana, He told BBC News on Friday The area where the avalanche hit was a “migratory area” and “nobody lives there permanently.”

“Only the workers who work on the border roads remain there in winter,” he added.

“There is also a certain presence of the army there. We have heard that it has been raining in the area for two days. The road workers were in a camp when he hit the avalanche.”

The Department of Meteorology of India warned Friday of heavy rains and snow in the northern states of India of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, as well as Jammu and Kashmir.

Orange alerts were also issued for snowfall in several districts of Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir.