(Uttarakhand): At least four people were dead and several injured after a roadways bus fell into a ditch about 100 meters deep in the Bhimtal area of Uttarakhand's Nainital on Wednesday, officials said.

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As per the officials, the bus belongs to Roadways and was going from Bhimtal to Haldwani with 20 to 25 people travelling on the bus.

Following receiving information, a relief team SDRF reached the spot and the rescue operation is underway.

"Today, on 25 December 2024, information was received from the District Control Room, Nainital that a roadways bus has crashed near Bhimtal, on which the rescue teams of SDRF have left for the spot from Post Nainital and Khairna," SSP Nainital Prahlad Meena said. (ANI)