Darchula:, April 22 -- A man has gone missing after he fell into Mahakali river while using a cable crossing in Byas Rural Municipality in Darchula district on Saturday.

Local Singdal Singh Bhandari fell into the river while using the cable crossing to enter India at around 1:30pm, according to Dhiran Singh Budhathoki, ward chairman of Byas-2.

Security personnel and the locals are searching for the missing man.

The local people of Byas and other remote villages of Darchula, a hill district of Sudurpaschim Province, risk their lives daily to cross the Mahakali river through cable crossings for a lack of bridges in the area. Accidents and deaths while crossing the river using tuins, wooden boats, tyre tubes, and wooden logs are reported ...