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‘He was supposed to be home’: Another body recovered, despair grows for families of those still missing in Uttarakhand avalanche | India News

‘He was supposed to be home’: Another body recovered, despair grows for families of those still missing in Uttarakhand avalanche | India News

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Hours after the Uttarakhand government released a list of four workers still missing after an avalanche hit their work site in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district Friday, authorities on Sunday said another body has been recovered, taking the death toll in the incident to five. Ishwari Prasad, father of 23-year-old Anil Kumar from Sitarganj village of Udham Singh Nagar district, made frantic phone calls after learning of the avalanche and was told that his son was safe. However, on Sunday morning, Prasad learnt that Anil was among those still missing. Story continues below this ad “(Initially) I was informed that Anil was safe and in a hospital in Joshimath. The next day, newspapers carried articles saying he was safe. However, when I asked the authorities to help me connect with him, they could not do so,” he said. The mix up happened because authorities initially mistook Prasad’s son for another Anil, an operator from Himachal Pradesh who had been rescued. Prasad recalled that Anil was headed home on February 22, when he got a call and had …

Rain Alert Amid Avalanche Rescue, 9 Workers Still Trapped In Uttarakhand

Rain Alert Amid Avalanche Rescue, 9 Workers Still Trapped In Uttarakhand

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New Delhi: Forty-six workers of the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) were rescued from the debris of an avalanche that hit Uttarakhand’s Chamoli on Friday, while nine are yet to be retrieved. Four of the workers are critical. All rescued workers are undergoing treatment at the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) camp in Mana. Over 65 personnel plowed through almost seven feet of snow overnight in the area between Mana village and Mana Pass, near the Indo-Tibetan border, even as snow storms and poor visibility hampered rescued operations. The urgency to rescue the remaining workers increased as the state’s Meteorological Department issued a rain and snowfall alert in Chamoli district. Chances of light rain have also been predicted in Dehradun, Uttarkashi, Rudraprayag, Tehri, Pauri, Pithoragarh, Bageshwar, Almora, Nainital and Champawat. According to a list released by the Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority, the trapped labourers are from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, among other states. The list has 10 labourers’ names, without mentioning the states they belong to. When the avalanche …