Officials in India say more than 40 construction workers are missing after an avalanche hit their camp in Uttarakhand state.

"Every effort is being made to safely evacuate all the workers trapped in the snow as soon as possible," Dhami said in a post on X. Police said the snow buried 55 workers initiall

Border Roads Organisation were rescued from the debris of an avalanche that hit Uttarakhand, while 8 are yet to be retrieved.