Eight shipping containers that withstood the force of a snow avalanche in the Himalayas ended up saving the lives of dozens of construction workers who were pulled out alive in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, officials said.
Eight workers died in the avalanche, while rescuers managed to save the remaining 46 Border Roads Organisation (BRO) workers, the Indian Army said. The avalanche struck Mana village in Chamoli district near the China border last week, burying the shipping containers the BRO workers were using as living quarters.
