Nepal estimates the reconstruction bill after deadly floods sparked by a glacial mountain collapse last month will amount to $4.78 billion, the foreign ministry said on Friday.
Prime Minister Balendra Shah has vowed to “strongly raise” with the international community the disasters that Nepal has experienced as a result of climate change. Shah will take his first foreign trip as leader to address the UN General Assembly on the urgent issue later this month, the foreign ministry said. “The total estimated requirement for reconstruction is approximately $4.78 billion,” Nepali foreign ministry spokesman Lok Bahadur Chhetri told reporters.
Rescuers in Nepal have retrieved 1,385 bodies, while around 5,130 people are missing, according to the disaster agency on Friday. In China, the toll is 43 dead and 519 missing, according to state media. Earlier reporting noted: Nepal flood reconstruction bill to be $4.78 bn: foreign ministry 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 (September 11, 2026).
“Given the scale and extent of the damage, the government is also undertaking a comprehensive post-disaster needs assessment to determine the full extent of loss and damage and the requirement for recovery, rebuilding and reconstruction,” Chhetri said. The United Nations, which has launched a $50 million appeal to help more than 84,000 people, has said that “operations are shifting from search and rescue to relief and recovery, though rescues continue”. Earlier reporting noted: “The total estimated requirement for reconstruction is approximately $4.78 billion,” Nepali foreign ministry spokesman Lok Bahadur Chhetri told reporters. Earlier reporting noted: Prime Minister Balendra Shah said earlier that Nepal must “strongly raise” with the international community the disasters it has experienced as a result of climate change.
