Given the increasing frequency of such disasters, the government aims to set up better early warning systems and improve emergency response times

Four Army choppers have been pressed into rescue operations to save eight people still trapped under snow in the avalanche that struck near Mana Village in Chamoli district of the state, district magistrate Sandeep Tiwari said on Saturday.

While the authorities have claimed that rescuers evacuated 47 workers — one of whom later died — local media quoted a worker from Joshimath hospital as saying he was among 23 labourers who had managed