DEHRADUN: The Army on Sunday recovered two more bodies in the snow during the ongoing search operation from the site of the avalanche that struck a BRO camp near Mana village in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district, while efforts continue to locate the last remaining worker who is is still missing.

As per information provided by PRO (Defence) Dehradun, 53 workers out of 54 who had been trapped under snow after the February 28 morning avalanche have been rescued.

Rescue personnel used thermal imaging cameras and helicopters to assist in their search operations that began for the second day this morning. Rescue efforts were halted due to snowfall on Saturday evening.

Providing an update on the rescue efforts, Lt. Col. Manish Shrivastava, PRO (Defence) Dehradun, said, "53 out of 54 workers have been rescued now. One person is still missing, and a search and rescue operation is on."