The death toll in a massive landslide that hit a private bus in Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district increased to 16 with the recovery of a child's body on Wednesday morning as the search and rescue operation concluded, officials said.

The incident took place on Tuesday evening when a huge portion of a mountain gave way and fell on the moving bus in the Bhalughat area near Berthin. A total of 15 bodies were pulled out from the debris by Tuesday night.

"A total of 16 bodies have been recovered while two children rescued. Rescue teams have thoroughly searched the accident site and also broken a hanging part of the debris to look for any trapped people," Bilaspur Superintendent of Police Sandeep Dhawal said.

Rescue operations have concluded after no trace of any trapped person was found, t

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