Given the increasing frequency of such disasters, the government aims to set up better early warning systems and improve emergency response times

While the authorities have claimed that rescuers evacuated 47 workers — one of whom later died — local media quoted a worker from Joshimath hospital as saying he was among 23 labourers who had managed

Chamoli (Uttarakhand): Brigadier MS Dhillon, Commander IBEX Brigade, said that eight people died after a Border Road Organisation (BRO) camp in Mana was struck by an avalanche. In a video, Brigadier Dhillon said that a total of 46 persons had been rescued and were under various stages of treatment.