The Indian Army concluded the search and rescue operations at the Mana area of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand on Sunday. These operations were part of the relief efforts to rescue the trapped Border Roads Organisation (BRO) workers after the avalanche on February 28.

"Out of the 54 labourers who went missing after the avalanche, 46 were rescued alive and eight found dead," Chamoli District Magistrate Sandeep Tiwari said

Officials said 33 of the 55 workers who were trapped have been rescued and efforts are on to rescue the remaining 22 workers

More than 50 workers were submerged under snow and debris after avalanche hit construction camp Friday near Mana village on the border with Tibet in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand

Fifty workers have been pulled out of snow from the site of an avalanche-hit BRO camp in the Mana village in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, but four of them died on Saturday as rescuers raced against

Two of the 50 workers who were rescued from under the snow in the avalanche that struck Mana village near Badrinath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district succumbed to their injuries, the Indian Army said on Saturday.