At least 47 people are feared to be trapped after a glacier burst in the Indian Himalayas, according to local media reports.
The incident took place near a highway in the state of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli region where workers were engaged in road construction.
Local police said at least 57 workers were initially trapped in the incident.
“Out of these, 10 workers have been rescued and sent to the army camp near Mana [village] in [a] critical condition,” senior police officer Nilesh Anand Bharne told news agency ANI.
Rescue workers are struggling to reach the area due to heavy snowfall, ANI quoted another senior official as saying.
The area is 3 miles (5km) from the popular Hindu temple of Badrinath, which is visited by hundreds of thousands of devotees each year.
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