India Successfully Constructs HeadRace Tunnel In Kashmir

BANDEPUR, KASHMIR, INDIA - JUNE 10: Crushed stones drilled from headrace tunnel being dumped on a mountain on June 10, 2014 in Bandepur, 90 km north of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. Of the 23.65 km tunnel, 14.75 km was constructed using a tunnel boring machine (TBM), the first successful TBM operation to create a headrace tunnel. India's infrastructure major Hindustan Construction Company, along with United Kingdom company Halcrow, is executing the 330 mw Kishanganga hydroelectric power project in the region. Pakistan has complained to The Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration that the project is violating the Indus Water Treaty and infringing on Islamabad’s water rights. In February 2013, The Hague ruled that India was entitled to divert a portion of the water for power generation. (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images)