China has constructed 24-kilometer portion of Karakorum Highway on Attaabad lake with a cost of $ 275 million, five years after a massive landslide destroyed the road.
The project consists five tunnels with total length of seven kilometers, two bridges and 78 culverts. The tunnels have been named as Pakistan-China Friendship Tunnels
In 2010, a huge landslide had blocked the flow of Hunza River and developed an artificial lake. The disaster had also claimed several lives, submerged surrounding villages and displaced around 25,000 people of the area.