At least 15 passengers were killed while three were rescued as a private bus they were travelling in was struck by a massive landslide in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur district on Tuesday evening, officials said.

The accident took place in Bhalughat area in Jhandutta Assembly segment, they said, adding the bus carrying 30-35 passengers was on its way from Marotan to Ghumarwin.

The police, Home Guards and district administration officials are at the spot and rescue operations are going on in full swing, the officials said.

Heavy machinery was deployed to clear the debris and rescue those trapped inside the mangled bus.

So far, 15 people, including the driver and conductor of the bus, have died while three rescued alive were sent to hospital, BJP MLA from Jhandutta, J R Katwal, who was on

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