Accident occurred at around 8 am when the vehicle was going from Patlot to Amjad village, Nainital Senior Superintendent of Police Prahlad Narayan Meena said.
Number of buildings in Nainital, most built on hill slopes, increased from 520 in 1901-02 to over 7000 at present including over 150 hotels and resorts
On Sunday, a team of geologists conducted a site inspection of the affected area and found “poor drainage” to be one of the key reasons for the landslide