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The Remake of a State3.5 Reconstruction and rehabilitationRehabilitation of destroyed infrastructures must go together withthe construction of new infrastructures. Table 7.1 demonstrates thatdestruction of infrastructures such as telephone towers, bridges, roads,electricity power plants, government office buildings was massiveduring the ten years of armed conflict. It is absolutely important thatreconstruction and rebuilding of these infrastructures should be thepriority in post-conflict development.Table 7.1 Damages of physical infrastructure during the armed conflictS.N.Ministries and constitutional commissionsDamagesworthCostrequired forreconstruction1 Local Development 596446000 1617220002 Water Resources 342703000 2972430003 Health and Population 417000 1301300004 Forest and Soil Conservation 354461000 3771230005 Education and Sports 20960000 449840006 Agriculture and Cooperatives 260755000 NA7 Industry, Commerce and Supplies 18123000 150640008 Environment, Science and Technology 3209000 NA9 Information and Communication 741555000 14516600010 Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation 134747000 2655000011 Physical Planning and Works 25174000 1974600012 Land Reform and Management 12187000 NA13 Defence 24799000 NA14 Finance 4666000 227000015 Home Affairs 2428646000 242820300016 Women, Children and Social Welfare 230000 NA17 Supreme Court 27489000 16555500018 Election Commission 2946000 NA19 Office of Attorney General 201000 NA20 Public Service Commission 4780000 NA21 Total 5004494000 3813756000Source: Adapted from Upreti (2009) based on the data from Ministry of Peace andReconstructionNA: Data not availableTable 7.1 shows the estimate of the value of damage of property during thetime of the armed conflict and the amount needed for the reconstructionof the damaged infrastructures. The total destruction was estimated137