A man has gone missing in the Karnali river since Saturday evening after a tuin (ropeway) he was using to cross the river got snapped.

The missing person has been identified as Makkar Singh Nepali, 38, of Negaun of Soru rural municipality-5 in Mugu. He fell into the river from the Lyapche (Khadikhet) Ghat based in Sarkegad rural municipality of Humla.

The incident took place when Nepali, a worker employed for a road construction project in the Gyusi Chhare section along the Karnali Corridor, was returning to his residence after work.