A Bengal government official, who has been keeping in touch with the Uttarakhand administration to know about the progress of the rescue operation, said much more time was needed to complete the mission
A police officer in Hooghly said they contacted a government official in Uttarkashi who said that those trapped were safe and had been provided with liquid food and oxygen. Apart from the three from Bengal, most of the trapped workers are from Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand