The count of Jharkhand labourers stranded in avalanche-ravaged Chamoli district of Uttarakhand jumped to 29 on Thursday, while the number of those missing remained 14, according to figures compiled by the state control room set up to coordinate relief and rehabilitation.

So far, names of 43 Jharkhand residents, either missing from the site or stranded in Uttarakhand, have been registered with the state control room, managed by Phia Foundation on behalf of the department of labour in Jharkhand. Besides, three labourers from Karnataka, two from Madhya Pradesh, two from Bihar and one from Uttar Pradesh have also contacted the state control room for help.

Of the 29 Jharkhand residents stranded in Chamoli, 10 are from Latehar, seven from Jamtara, two from Hazaribagh, three from Bokaro and seven are from Ramgarh.

At least nine of the 14 labourers missing from Jharkhand are residents of Lohardaga district. Besides, four Ramgarh residents and one Bokaro resident are missing from Chamoli, where a glacial burst led to an avalanche on Sunday, causing massive floods along the Alaknanda and Dhauliganga rivers.

While some media reports stated that a labourer from Lohardaga district was feared dead in the avalanche, Lohardaga deputy commissioner Dilip Kumar Toppo said on Thursday that there was no confirmation whether the man who died in Uttarakhand was a resident of the district. The death toll in the Chamoli incident has jumped to 35, while around 200 people are feared missing.

“We are in touch with all the Lohardaga residents stranded in Uttarakhand. Our team is also coordinating with families of those who are missing from Chamoli and so far, no death from our district has been confirmed,” said Toppo.

Mithilesh Kumar, a resident of Ramngarh district, informed the state control room on Thursday that he and nine other labourers from Jharkhand were stranded in Chamoli since the avalanche. He told the control room that most of the labourers, working at a National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) project, have not received their wages yet. Most of their belongings got washed away in flood, he said.

Rooplal Singh and Santosh Singh from Latehar, who were stranded in Chamoli since the avalanche, were on their way to Dehri-On-Sone via Haridwar on Thursday. “Our contractor gave us the money to travel up to Haridwar. Now, we are on our way to Dehri-On-Sone,” he said.