A Garwal Motors bus plunged into a gorge near Kupi in Ramnagar, along the Pauri-Almora border in Uttarakhand, on Monday. Several deaths and injuries are feared. Search and rescue operations are currently underway.

A bus accident in India ’s northern state of Uttarakhand claimed 36 lives after a passenger bus fell into a 150m-deep gorge. The accident occurred around 8.25am on Monday at Marchula, roughly 35km from destination, as the bus travelled from Pauri to Ramnagar.

The GMOU-owned bus was going from Kinath of Pauri Garhwal to Ramnagar in Nainital when it fell into a gorge near Marchula's Sarad Bend,

Twenty-six people were injured, four of them critically, when the 43-seater bus, operated by the private Garhwal Motor Owners Union, was on its way from Pauri in Garhwal region to Ramnagar in Kumaon about 250 km away.

At least 28 passengers lost their lives, and many are feared trapped after a bus plunged into a gorge in Almora, Uttarakhand, on Monday.

The casualties may go up as there were around 40 passengers in the bus when it fell into a 200-metre deep gorge, Pandey said.

A Garwal Motors Users' bus on Monday fell into a gorge near Uttarakhand's Kupi in Ramnagar at the Pauri-Almora border.

At least five people were killed after a bus carrying 50 passengers fell into a gorge in the Almora district of Uttarakhand on Monday. The number is expected to increase, officials said. Police from three districts and six teams of SDRF have left for the spot.