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    Four dead from India avalanche, five still missing

    DEHRADUN (AFP) – At least four people died from their injuries in India after an avalanche hit a remote border area, officials said yesterday, as rescuers deployed helicopters to search for the remaining five missing.

    A total of 55 workers were buried under snow and debris after the avalanche hit a construction camp on Friday near Mana village on the border with Tibet in the northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. In a statement issued yesterday, the Indian army said 50 people were initially rescued, but among them four succumbed to their injuries.

    “Unfortunately, four injured persons have been confirmed as fatal casualty,” they said.

    Five workers were still missing, the army said, adding that six choppers had been deployed into rescue efforts as the “roads are blocked”.

    Uttarakhand state chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said the rescue teams were “continuously engaged in relief efforts”.

    “The government is fully committed to providing all possible assistance to those affected in this hour of crisis,” he said in a post on X.

    Mana village, which shares a border with Tibet, was deserted after residents moved to lower altitudes to escape the extreme weather.

    PHOTO: AP
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