Uttarakhand Avalanche Rescue Battles Blizzard
On February 28, 2025, at 7:02 AM PST, the Uttarakhand avalanche rescue operation races to save 25 road workers trapped under snow near Mana village, a remote border outpost in India’s Chamoli district, Uttarakhand. District official Sandeep Tiwari told BBC Hindi 32 of 57 Border Roads Organisation (BRO) laborers were freed and moved to a nearby army camp by Friday morning. The avalanche slammed a BRO camp near Tibet’s edge—3,200 meters up—amid heavy snowfall, officials say. Rescue teams—Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), BRO, and more—push through treacherous conditions, per CM Pushkar Singh Dhami’s X post Friday.
Mana, the last Indian village before Tibet, saw no permanent residents—just migratory BRO workers and army units—when the snow hit, Gaurav Kunwar, ex-council member, told BBC News. “It’s been raining two days; they were camped there,” he said. ITBP footage on X shows rescuers slogging through knee-deep snow with stretchers, snow still falling. Colonel Ankur Mahajan of BRO told Hindustan Times the rescued are under care, injuries unclear. The India Meteorological Department’s Friday orange alert—heavy rain and snow for Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir—complicates the Uttarakhand avalanche rescue, with ambulances and teams stalled by weather.
Uttarakhand Avalanche Rescue: Weather Woes Persist
Uttarakhand avalanche rescue faces brutal snow—32 saved, 25 lost near Mana’s Himalayas foothills. ITBP, BRO battle on; orange alerts warn of more. For more, visit BBC or Kenkou Land.
Main Body: Snow Buries Hope, Heroes Dig On
Today, February 28, 2025, at 7:02 AM PST, the Uttarakhand avalanche rescue grips Mana village—25 BRO workers still missing after a massive snowslide near Tibet’s border, per officials. Tiwari’s BBC Hindi update: 32 of 57 plucked from the whiteout, army-bound, yet 25 linger under snow’s grip. Dhami’s X plea—“ITBP, BRO, all hands on”—meets a blizzard’s wrath; orange alerts from the Meteorological Department signal no letup in Uttarakhand, Himachal, and Kashmir. ITBP’s X clips—stretchers cutting snow—show grit as flakes fall, a race against nature’s fury.
Kunwar’s “sketchy” take—no locals, just workers—frames Mana’s isolation at the Himalayas’ base; Mahajan’s “treatment underway” lacks injury clarity. Posts on X amplify the chaos—rescue rigs bogged down, snow cutters clawing at blocked roads. The BRO camp, vital for border access, crumbled under snow warned Thursday by forecasts—rain, wind, and whiteouts since. At 7:02 AM PST, 25 souls hang in balance—will rescuers beat the storm, or will Mana’s icy shroud claim more? Uttarakhand prays—help’s here, but weather’s king.
