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.

Eight road construction workers died after becoming trapped under an avalanche in northern India, the Indian Army said on Sunday. Rescuers operating in several feet of snow evacuated 46 other workers. The workers were buried by the snow early on Friday in the village of Mana, in the state of Uttarakhand, as the avalanche hit their camp site.

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