10 dead, eight go missing in Joshimath avalanche

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Updated At : 12:22 PM Apr 25, 2021 IST

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New Delhi, April 24

A day after an avalanche hit the areas north of Joshimath in Uttarakhand, 10 bodies have been found, while eight persons remain missing. The Army has, so far, rescued 384 persons, six of them critically injured.

A senior Army official said the rescue operations were launched last night and efforts were on to locate labourers who were in two separate camps. The avalanche hit a location about 4 km ahead of Sumna on the Joshimath- Malari-Rimkhim axis around 4 pm on Friday.

A BRO detachment and two labour camps exist nearby for road construction. An Army camp is located 3 km from Sumna. The area had been experiencing heavy rain and snow since Monday. — TNS

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