Chamoli District Magistrate Sandeep Tiwari said that the search operation was expected to gain pace as the weather was clear and a ground penetrating radar (GPR) system from Delhi was expected to arrive any moment to aid the efforts.
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In Pics: Meet Indian Army’s IBEX Brigade, the high-altitude saviours swiftly deployed after Uttarakhand avalanche
Images released by the Defence PRO on the social network X showed the extreme difficulty in which the IBEX Brigade operated all through February 28, extricating the BRO labourers trapped under several feet of snow, then trudging through the deep snow with stretchers on their shoulders. By March 1 morning, the weather conditions had improved and helicopter evacuation had begun.
Uttarakhand avalanche: Helicopter ops start a day after BRO camp gets buried in snow; dozens rescued, many still trapped
Helicopter evacuation has begun in Chamoli district, in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, on March 1, after a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) camp was buried in an avalanche on February 28, trapping 55 people under deep snow.
Two stranded foreign women mountaineers safely rescued after three-day ordeal in India
The two got stranded after their bag containing food and vital climbing gear fell into a gorge when they were at a height of 6,015 metres on way to Chaukhamba III peak situated at 6,995 metres.
