PHOTOS | Rescue ops underway to save 55 workers trapped in Uttarakhand avalanche

Rescue operation underway after BRO labourers got trapped under an avalanche in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand. The snowslide had initially buried 57 men but over 45 were pulled out safely | PTI

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami inspects the rescue operation being carried out to trace workers trapped under an avalanche in Joshimath | PTI

Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami meets an injured worker after he was pulled out from the snow at the site of the avalanche in Joshimath | PTI

Rescue operation underway after BRO workers got trapped under an avalanche, in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand | PTI

Indian Army engaged in a rescue operation during heavy snowfall, after an avalanche struck a camp near Mana village in Uttarakhand.

Rescuers carry out an operation after BRO workers got trapped under an avalanche near Mana village in Chamoli district, Uttarakhand | AFP

Injured people being evacuated to Joshimath for critical medicare via helicopters from the avalanche site in Mana of Chamoli district | PTI