Dynamite News Mana Avalanche: 4 still missing; Cheetah copters deployed for rescue ops
A team of SDRF left with a victim locating and thermal image camera today to search for the remaining workers. Read further on Dynamite News:
Chamoli: Of the 55 workers trapped at the site, 47 were rescued by Saturday afternoon, around 36 hours after the avalanche struck around 5am on Friday.
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 said on Saturday evening.
IAF Copters For Rescue
Now IAF Cheetah helicopters have been engaged in rescue operations in the Mana area of Chamoli in the avalanche that happened at the BRO camp near Mana village in Joshimath on February 28.
Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Secretary Vinod Kumar Suman said, "The weather has supported us. A total of 54 (BRO workers) were missing, 50 have been rescued, and four people have lost their lives. Four people are still missing, and a search and rescue operation is going on, and we hope that we will find them soon."
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A team of SDRF left with a victim locating and thermal image camera today to search for the remaining workers trapped under snow after the avalanche.
SDRF Team At Site
As per the instructions of the Inspector General of Police, SDRF Ridhim Agarwal, an expert team of SDRF has been sent to the site of the incident via helicopter from Sahastradhara with a Victim Locating Camera (V.L.C) and Thermal Image Camera to search for the workers missing during the avalanche in Mana. The search will be carried out with the help of these equipment (Victim Locating Camera (V.L.C) and Thermal Image Camera).
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Chamoli District Magistrate Sandeep Tiwari on Saturday said that 24 rescued Border Road Organisation (BRO) workers have been receiving treatment in Joshimath, while one individual has been sent to AIIMS Rishikesh via air ambulance after an injury to his spine.
CM Dhami
The Chief Minister had yesterday conducted an aerial survey of the avalanche-affected area this morning. The Chief Minister met the workers undergoing treatment at the Army Hospital and inquired about their well-being.
He directed the District Magistrate that there should be no shortage of necessary resources in the search and rescue operation and said the Central Government is also providing all the necessary assistance.