According to New Delhi TV and other media reported on the 24th local time, the Indian Army issued a statement that afternoon, rescue workers in the afternoon in The Chamoli region of northern India, the site of the avalanche accident found the bodies of two more victims, the accident has caused a total of 10 deaths, there are still about 36 people unaccounted for, and 384 people were successfully rescued, some of them were injured, the injured have been transferred by helicopter to a nearby hospital for treatment.
The statement said that the rescue work is currently under way, but the local rain and snow weather is still continuing, to the scene of the accident on many roads collapsed, rescue machinery and equipment can not reach the scene, resulting in slow progress in the rescue work, the military had to send helicopters to participate in the rescue.
It is reported that the site of the incident in the last 5 days continued to appear rain and snow weather, may be the main cause of the collapse of glaciers caused by avalanches.
According to preliminary statistics, at the time of the accident, there were about 430 workers at the site of the two road construction camps buried by the avalanche, and there was also an Indian-Tibetan border police force camp near the scene of the accident, but the camp was not affected by the avalanche accident.
