DOZENS of workers buried by an avalanche have been rescued days after being trapped inside metal containers in the Himalayas.
On Friday, 54 construction workers were submerged under snow and debris after the avalanche hit the work site near Mana Village, in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, killing eight.
AFPAn injured Border Roads Organisation (BRO) worker, who got trapped under an avalanche, receives treatment after being airlifted by rescuers[/caption]
ReutersThe rescue operation by Indian Army members during heavy snowfall, after an avalanche struck a camp near Mana village[/caption]
But a lengthy search and rescue mission lasting three days in sub-zero temperatures saw the remaining workers pulled out alive from the containers with the final people rescued on Sunday.
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