Uttarakhand avalanche toll rises to 15 Updated: Updated: Three people are still missing and efforts are on to locate them. Share Article AAA Rescue operations after an avalanche hit a Border Roads Organisation (BRO) detachment and labour camps north of Joshimath in Uttarakhand, April 24, 2021 | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Three people are still missing and efforts are on to locate them. The death toll in an avalanche at Sumna near the Indo-China border in Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district rose to 15 on Monday with the recovery of three more bodies, an official said. Three people are still missing and efforts are on to locate them, Chamoli Disaster Management Officer N K Joshi said.