India, Aug. 27 -- A 41-year-old man from Jharkhand is stranded in flood-hit Nepal, with his family appealing to the Centre and state authorities to help trace and rescue him, officials said on Thursday.

Ramprasad Ghosh, a resident of Hyder Ali Road in Ranchi, had travelled to Nepal about two months ago for work at the Upper Trishuli Hydropower Project in Rasuwa, one of the areas badly affected by the flash floods. He has been working there for around six months as an administrator at the plant.

According to his family, their last conversation with Ghosh took place on Tuesday through a social media call. His 75-year-old father, Ranjit Kumar Ghosh, said the family tried repeatedly to contact him after learning about the floods, but he has...