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Uttarakhand avalanche: Toll climbs to 26; three still missing

The avalanche occurred at a height of 17,000 feet on Tuesday when a team of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM) was returning after summiting Draupadi Ka Danda II peak in Uttarakhand

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Army personnel move towards the avalanche site to carry out rescue operations, in Uttarkashi district. Pic/PTI

Army personnel move towards the avalanche site to carry out rescue operations, in Uttarkashi district. Pic/PTI

Ten more bodies were recovered from the site of an avalanche, taking the death toll to 26, the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering said on Friday.

Two Cheetah helicopters took off from the Army helipad in Harsil to join the search operations, officials said.

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