Eight persons were killed in Uttarakhand on Sunday as incessant rain lashed the State causing landslips in the higher reaches and sweeping away several roads and bridges in Uttarkashi and Chamoli districts leading to suspension of the Char Dham Yatra.

Three persons of a family were killed when a house caved in at New Mithi Beri in Prem Nagar area of Dehra Dun on Sunday morning, Prem Nagar SHO Vikas Rawat said