In India's Uttarakhand, early Monday (Nov 4) a tragic bus accident on the Pauri-Almora border left 36 dead, including children, as the vehicle tumbled into a steep gorge.

36 dead as bus plunges into gorge on Uttarakhand's Pauri-Almora border

Experts in Uttarakhand resorted to ‘rat-hole’ mining to help rescue 41 workers trapped inside the collapsed Silkyara tunnel. All the workers were rescued and rat-hole mining was used to clear the last few metres in the rescue operations.

What is rat-hole mining and how it saved trapped Uttarakhand workers?

At least seven people were killed while 27 were left injured after a tourist bus carrying pilgrims fell into a gorge in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand on Sunday (August 20).

India: At least 7 dead, 27 injured after bus carrying pilgrims falls into gorge in Uttarakhand

At least 22 people were confirmed killed in a tragic bus accident after it fell into a gorge in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand on Sunday (June 5), India-based news agency ANI reported citing officials.

India: At least 22 killed after bus falls into gorge in Uttarakhand; rescue operations underway