An avalanche near India’s border with Tibet this morning has trapped more than 20 construction workers near Mana Pass in Uttarakhand.

Blizzard-like conditions caused the avalanche at a worksite of the federal Border Roads Organisation.

Al Jazeera reported that disaster response teams are still trying to reach the high-altitude camp by helicopter.

The workers were engaged in a highway widening  project along a 50-kilometer stretch from Mana, the last village on Indian side, to the Mana Pass bordering Tibet.