India, Feb. 28 -- Frantic efforts were underway on Friday to rescue dozens of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) labours trapped at the high-altitude site in Uttarakhand's Chamoli where an avalanche occurred in the morning, reportedly triggered by a glacier burst.

The avalanche occurred near a highway in Mana village, adjoining Tibet, and less than five kilometres from the Badrinath temple. Follow Chamoli avalanche live updates

Mana is the last village on the India-Tibet border at a height of 3,200 metres.

The avalanche or snowslide struck a labour site of the federal BRO, where eight containers and one shed, with 57 workers inside, were buried under the snow, according to an Indian Army statement. Till the last update in this report, 32 ...