At least four people are dead and others are still missing after an avalanche occurred near India's border with Tibet. The Indian Army and other authorities have launched search and rescue operations in the area to find the remaining missing people.

The incident occurred near the Mana Pass in northern Uttarakhand state on Friday, initially trapping 55 construction workers.

The army brought Drone-Based Intelligent Buried Object Detection System to Joshimath to speed up the search and rescue operations.

Nearly 50 construction workers in India were saved from an avalanche, which killed eight others, thanks to the metal containers they were sleeping in, according to local media reports.

The Indian Army successfully rescued 14 civilians from the avalanche-affected area in Mana, Chamoli, on Saturday morning.

(CNN) – Dozens of construction workers in India have been pulled alive from metal containers after being trapped by a deadly avalanche for roughly 36 hours. The Indian Army launched a rescue operation after heavy snowfall triggered the Himalayan avalanche last Friday near a construction site.

The army brought Drone-Based Intelligent Buried Object Detection System to Joshimath to speed up the search and rescue operations.

At least four people were killed after an avalanche trapped dozens of construction workers in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand bordering Tibet. Fifty-five workers were initially trapped under snow after they were hit by an avalanche on Friday in the Chamoli district near the India-China border.

Four people have died in the Indian avalanche incident, ANI news agency reported on Saturday, citing a defence public relations officer.

The Indian Army on Sunday successfully rescued all 54 people trapped in the Mana avalanche in Uttarakhand after an extensive search and rescue operation. Unfortunately, eight lives were lost in the disaster.

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

The Indian army says at least 4 workers have died a day after an avalanche swept away a large construction crew working on a highway near India’s mountainous border with Tibet