A three-day rescue effort in the north Indian state of Uttarakhand has saved 46 construction workers who were stranded by a Himalayan avalanche.
Eight workers were killed in the disaster, with those that survived taking refuge in metal containers.
Al Jazeera reports that one worker who was thought to be missing was found to have returned home before the avalanche hit.
The rescue was led by the Indo–Tibetan Border Police, the Indian Army, the National Disaster Response Force and the state government.
The police’s X account reported that sniffer dogs and thermal imaging were used to find the survivors in the extreme weather.
The BBC reports that the incident took place in the village of Mana, in the district of Chamwhile, while the workers were building a 50km highway extension.
Many workers were migrants who sheltered in the containers as they were more durable than tents. Nevertheless, their roofs had begun to dip under the weight of the snow and ice by the time they were rescued.
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