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[^3] Nepal's Foreign Minister Shishir Khadka stated that Nepal has not requested any financial compensation from India, China, or the United States. [^4]\n\nOf the $171 million in insurance claims submitted to 15 non-life insurers in Nepal, over $132 million come from engineering and construction policies linked to infrastructure and hydropower projects. [^5][^12] The 26 August floods in Nepal left a reconstruction bill estimated at $4-5 billion. [^6] Rescuers said that hundreds more workers remain trapped in dozens of hydropower projects buried across the area by the flash flooding. [^7]\n\nNepal's primary appeal is for international cooperation to understand and address the effects of climate change in the Himalayan region. [^8] Rescue operations successfully retrieved the two individuals from the tunnel after the nine-day duration. [^9] The incident occurred in Nepal, where severe flooding led to the workers' entrapment. [^10]\n\nNepal's Finance Minister called the $4-5 billion reconstruction estimate preliminary. 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