Four dead in Indian avalanche incident, ANI says, citing defence PRO
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A still image shows what the Indian Army says is a rescue operation by Indian Army members during heavy snowfall, after an avalanche struck a camp near Mana village, in a location given as Garhwal Sector, Uttarakhand state, India, in this image released o
(Reuters) - Four people have died in the Indian avalanche incident, ANI news agency reported on Saturday, citing a defence public relations officer.
An avalanche struck the Indian Himalayan mountain state of Uttarakhand, authorities said on Friday, following recent heavy snowfall in the region.
It struck a labour site of the federal Border Roads Organisation (BRO), where eight containers and one shed, with 57 workers inside, were buried under the snow, according to an Indian army statement.
(Reporting by Harshita Meenaktshi in Bengaluru; editing by David Evans)
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