Indian technical team on Thursday estimated around Rs 5.25 billion cost for reconstructing the embankment breached by the Saptakoshi River. A team including flood experts forwarded a letter with the estimation to the government of Indian state of Bihar after an inspection and study in the affected areas and the embankment. Earlier, the government of Bihar had provided only Rs 80 million for reconstruction. Meanwhile, a joint technical team of the Ministry for Water Resources from Nepal and India continued working on the reconstruction today. Sunsari Chief District Officer Durga Bhandari said the Indian team reached here on Tuesday after the Nepali side assured to arrange security for them. The technicians are learnt to be experts on the Koshi and its erosion. The team repaired spurs number 11 and 12 on Wednesday, which, as it claimed, would now protect spur-15 from getting eroded as the river waters would change its course.