Shimla, Oct 8 (PTI) Search and rescue operations to trace people buried under debris in Himachal Pradesh’s Bilaspur, where a landslide hit a moving bus on Tuesday evening, resumed on Wednesday morning, officials said.

At least 15 passengers died while a few others, including a child, are feared trapped in the rubble after a huge portion of a mountain gave way and fell on the bus carrying about 25 passengers in the Bhalughat area near Berthin around 6.40 pm on Tuesday.

The whole mountain came crashing down on the bus, an eyewitness said.

The rescue operations, which were halted late last night due to poor visibility and mud sliding, resumed on Wednesday morning with two teams from the NDRF, locals, police, home guards, and firemen engaged in the search.

A manual search is underway with

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