Shimla, Oct. 10 -- After Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) targeted the state government for "failing to act" on prior warning regarding the hill collapsing in Bilaspur that left 16 dead, public works department (PWD) minister Vikramaditya Singh urged the Opposition not to politicise the disaster.

As many as 16 people were killed and two injured, after a private bus was struck by a massive landslide in the Bhallu area in Jhandutta tehsil of Himachal Pradesh's Bilaspur district on Tuesday evening.

Responding to the opposition's allegation, the PWD minister said , "The Leader of Opposition should refrain from politicising such a tragic situation. If any prior warning regarding the landslide-prone area was communicated to the PWD department, we...