Wed | Oct 8, 2025

Landslide hits bus in northern India, killing at least 15 people

Published:Wednesday | October 8, 2025 | 8:19 AM
In this handout photo released by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), NDRF personnel look for survivors after debris from a massive landslide hit a passenger bus Tuesday night, near Bilaspur in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh, Wednesday
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In this handout photo released by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), NDRF personnel look for survivors after debris from a massive landslide hit a passenger bus Tuesday night, near Bilaspur in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh, Wednesday, October 8, 2025.

NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 15 people were killed late Tuesday after debris from a massive landslide hit a bus in India’s northern state of Himachal Pradesh, local authorities said.

The bus was travelling on a hilly stretch near Bilaspur district when a landslide struck following days of torrential rains.

There were at least 20 to 25 passengers on the bus at the time. Nine men, four women and two children were among those killed, police said.

Three injured children were rescued and admitted to a local hospital for treatment, according to a statement from the office of Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, the state’s highest-elected official.

Rescue operations continued Wednesday trying to find other missing passengers who are believed to be dead, police said.

Intermittent rains have lashed the region since Monday, making the fragile mountain slopes unstable.

President Draupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered their condolences following the deadly landslide.

Extreme rains this year have caused flooding and landslides across the South Asian region, which includes India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Maldives and Nepal.

Flash floods swept away an entire village in India’s northern state of Uttarakhand in August, while at least 44 people were killed in neighbouring Nepal over the weekend due to mudslides and flooding triggered by severe rainfall.

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