India, Aug. 7 -- A labourer couple, the only ones of their group to survive the cloudburst that struck the Dharali area in Uttarakhand's Uttarkashi on Tuesday, recalled their son's final two-minute phone conversation with them after the tragedy, following which he went missing.

The couple from Nepal, Kali Devi and her husband Vijay Singh, were the only ones who left for Bhatwari from Harsil after completing their tasks at around 12 pm on Tuesday, a little over an hour before the tragedy struck, according to an NDTV report.

A day later, none of the remaining members of their group of 26 labourers who arrived from Nepal were reachable. The group of labourers were deployed for road and bridge construction work in the valley.

Vijay Singh, ...