The reconstruction bill after deadly floods sparked by a glacial mountain collapse that hit Nepal last month would amount to $4.78 billion, the foreign ministry said on Friday. "The total estimated requirement for reconstruction is approximately $4.78 billion," foreign ministry spokesman Lok Bahadur Chhetri told reporters. Nepali rescuers clung to hopes of finding survivors trapped in hydropower tunnels on Wednesday. The August 26 tsunami-like surge of water, mud and debris, which began on the China-Nepal border, has killed more than 1,410 people and left 5,651 missing. "The rescue and search work in the tunnels at Trishuli 3A, 3B and Chilime hydropower projects is ongoing," Nepal Army spokesman Raja Ram Basnet told AFP. In Nepal, 1,367 bodies have been recovered and 5,132 people are missing, its disaster authority said on Wednesday. In China, 43 people are dead and 519 are missing, according to state media. Hundreds of foreigners are among the missing, as well as hundreds of hydropower workers.
