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Chamoli: Authorities in Uttarakhand said that a drone-based intelligent buried object detection system will be airlifted by the Indian Air Force for deployment in search and rescue operations of the five other missing Border Road Organisation (BRO) workers following the avalanche.
An official said that a drone-based Intelligent buried object detection system to be airlifted by the Indian Air Force for deployment in search and rescue operations in the Mana area of Chamoli. The system would be airlifted to Dehradun, from where it will be taken to the Mana area in helicopters.
Meanwhile, Defence Public Relations Officer (PRO), Dehradun said that four people have lost their lives in the avalanche.
Speaking about the Mana avalanche, PRO Defence Lt Colonel Manish Shrivastava said, “Rescue operation is going on. 50 people have been rescued in this entire operation and unfortunately, 4 of the rescued people have suffered serious injuries, so there have been 4 deaths in this. Priority has been given to evacuating the injured and priority has been given to evacuating the people trapped there.”
The death toll in the avalanche has claimed the lives of 4 people who had been rescued from the site. The search for 5 others is still underway. There were 55 people when the incident occurred near the Mana village of Chamoli on Friday.
