Lucknow, India — A terrible accident happened in the mountains of Uttarakhand when an avalanche hit a group of construction workers building a highway near the Tibet border. On Friday, four workers lost their lives, and many others needed help after being trapped under snow.
At first, 55 construction workers were caught in the avalanche near Mana Pass. Thankfully, rescuers managed to save 50 of them. Sadly, four of those workers died later. Teams, including military helicopters, are still looking for five workers who are missing.
Some workers are hurt seriously and are in the hospital, but others have been rescued. The workers were mostly people from other places who were working to widen a 50-kilometer stretch of highway from Mana, the last village in India before Tibet.
Kamlesh Kamal, a spokesperson from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police, said it is hard to rescue people because of heavy snow and bad weather. The area is difficult to reach, full of snow and storms that make it challenging to see.
This part of the Himalayas is very sensitive to climate change and often faces avalanches and sudden floods. Last year, in 2022, an avalanche took the lives of 27 trainee mountaineers in the same region. The previous year, a glacier burst caused a flood that killed over 200 people.
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