The onslaught of water and boulders battered the Vishnuprayag Hydroelectric Project high up in the Himalayas along the Alaknanda River. Mud and silt still lie in piles on the top of the dam. The cracked and ruptured concrete, and exposed steel reinforcing bars on the dam’s walls, are evidence of the beating the dam took from the Uttarakhand flood in mid-June. Photo: Dhruv Malhotra

The onslaught of water and boulders battered the Vishnuprayag Hydroelectric Project high up in the Himalayas along the Alaknanda River. Mud and silt still lie in piles on the top of the dam. The cracked and ruptured concrete, and exposed steel reinforcing bars on the dam's walls, are evidence of the beating the dam took from the Uttarakhand flood in mid-June. Photo: Dhruv Malhotra

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