Uttarakhand disaster management department says that the rescue work is being undertaken on a war footing. " By 5:00 pm, 32 people had been rescued safely. The process of evacuating the remaining 25 people is in progress.

Mana Pass area is around 52 km north of Badrinath Dham and over 310km from Dehradun. 50 workers have been rescued by the team, whereas the search operation is underway to evacuate th remaining 8 workers.

Uttarakhand Avalanche Updates: 57 road construction workers were stationed in the BRO camp at the time of the incident, informed Deepam Seth, Uttarakhand's Director General of Police, while speaking to NDTV.