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

55 BRO labourers were trapped under the avalanche on Friday, out of which 33 were rescued. Rain and snowfall hampered the rescue efforts, leading to the operation being suspended as night fell. Personnel from the Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), based in Mana, resumed rescue operations early on Saturday.

Rescuers resumed the search for 22 labourers trapped under several feet of snow in the high-altitude Mana village in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district on Saturday morning as the weather cleared up

The avalanche, which engulfed the BRO camp situated between Mana and Badrinath, struck early on Friday morning. Several rescue teams braved the rugged terrain, deep snow, and freezing temperatures to reach the trapped workers.

Updating the situation, Uttarakhand Disaster Management Secretary Vinod Kumar Suman confirmed that 33 workers had been rescued, while 22 remain unaccounted for. He clarified that the initial report of 57 trapped workers was incorrect, as two were on leave at the time of the incident.

Thirty-three of a total of 55 BRO workers trapped under an avalanche in the high-altitude village of Mana in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district have been rescued, with concerns over the safety of the remaining 22 mounting as night fell on the snowbound slopes and the rescue efforts came to a temporary halt.

More than 40 construction workers were missing after an avalanche in India`s Himalayan state of Uttarakhand on Friday following