Dozens of construction workers have been pulled alive from metal containers after they were trapped by a deadly Himalayan avalanche for around 36 hours, according to authorities in northern India.

Dozens of construction workers have been pulled out alive from metal containers after they were buried by a snow avalanche in Uttarakhand, India. They survived as the containers, which the workers were living in,

Eight killed in Himalayan avalanche as dozens of workers rescued from shipping containers - Northern Indian region struck by calamity is ecologically sensitive and prone to avalanches and landslides