Shimla, Nov. 23 -- A Class 8 student of a private school fell into a pit caused after a portion of the road caved in the Bhattakufer area of Shimla on Saturday when she was boarding a bus, prompting the authorities to halt four-laning work in the area until further orders.

The incident happened in the morning when a portion of the road gave way under a Himachal Road Transport Corporation bus. An eight-foot wide and 15-ft deep crater was formed. The schoolgirl boarding the bus was trapped in the crater and was pulled out by passers-by with the help of a rope. The front tyre of bus got stuck in the crater.

Deputy commissioner (DC) Anupam Kashyap directed the additional district magistrate (law and order) and the additional superintendent ...