Rescue operation still under way after avalanche in Chamoli region, adjoining Tibet, trapped dozens of workers.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -At least 41 people remain trapped under snow after an avalanche struck the Indian Himalayan mountain state of Uttarakhand, authorities said on Friday, following recent heavy snowfall in the region.

More than 40 construction workers were missing after an avalanche in India's Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on Friday following heavy snowfall, officials said.

At least 41 construction workers were trapped after a large group of them was swept away by an avalanche near India’s border with Tibet on Friday, officials said. The incident took place near the Mana Pass in northern Uttarakhand state,

A man from Bihar was killed and a motor bridge connecting Govindghat to Hemkund Sahib and the Valley of Flowers was damaged on Wednesday in a landside in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, officials said.

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated the "Developed India-Developed Uttarakhand" mega exhibition at the Nehru Stadium in Haridwar's Roorkee on Tuesday. He said that this exhibition presents a wonderful and vibrant image of developing India and Uttarakhand and that the exhibition presented an environment that provides a glimpse of a new India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Uttarakhand on Thursday during which he will flag off a trek and bike rally as well as address a gathering at a public function in Harsil. At around 9:30 am, he will perform pooja and darshan at the winter seat of Maa Ganga in

The National Highways Logistics Management Limited (NHLML), a company set up by the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), will be overseeing the construction of the project as part of the Centre's Parvatmala Pariyojana.

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.

Eight road construction workers died after becoming trapped under an avalanche in northern India, the Indian Army said on Sunday. Rescuers operating in several feet of snow evacuated 46 other workers. The workers were buried by the snow early on Friday in the village of Mana, in the state of Uttarakhand, as the avalanche hit their camp site.

Authorities say at least 25 people remain trapped after avalanche hits a work camp, burying dozens under the snow.