The 400-megawatt Vishnuprayag Hydroelectric Project on the Alaknanda River was buried in mud and boulders, turning its backwater area for water storage into a giant field of dry rubble. It took five months to dig this much of the dam out of the pile of boulders. Photo: Dhruv Malhotra

The 400-megawatt Vishnuprayag Hydroelectric Project on the Alaknanda River was buried in mud and boulders, turning its backwater area for water storage into a giant field of dry rubble. It took five months to dig this much of the dam out of the pile of boulders. Photo: Dhruv Malhotra

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