Uttarkashi, June 29 -- As many as nine workers staying at an under-construction hotel site went missing after a cloudburst severely damaged the construction site at Silai Band on the Barkot-Yamunotri Marg in Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand.

Speaking to ANI, Uttarkashi District Magistrate Prashant Arya said, "Due to a cloud burst in Silai Band on the Barkot-Yamunotri Marg of Uttarkashi district, a hotel under construction has suffered heavy damage. Eighty-nine workers staying at this under-construction hotel site are missing."

He also informed that the Yamunotri Marg had also been affected by the heavy rainfall and debris.

The Uttarkashi administration, along with the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the State Disaster Response...