India, March 2 -- The death toll from Friday's avalanche tragedy near Mana village in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district climbed to eight, with four more bodies recovered from the disaster site on Sunday. Officials said that search and rescue operations were concluded with the recovery of the last missing worker's body at 5.45 pm.

Meanwhile, the total number of border road construction workers who were affected by the avalanche was revised to 54 from 55 as it came to light that one of them, Sunil Kumar, had left the place before the avalanche hit their campsite.

Of the eight deceased, four were from Uttar Pradesh, two from Himachal Pradesh, and two from Uttarakhand. The bodies of seven have been dispatched to their respective places, accord...