Attabad Lake is situated in Hunza, Gilgit Baltistan. Attabad Lake was created in 2010 as a result of a massive landslide at Attabad Village. The landslide blocked the flow of the Hunza River for five months. The landslide also destroyed over 19 kilometres of the Karakoram Highway road section. The lake reached 21 kilometres long and over 100 metres in depth. Many villages submerged and thousands of people were affected. You can see this disaster's impact during visit to Attabad as road submerged in lake is still visible.
Attabad Lake has become one of the biggest tourist's attraction and thousands of people visit this place every year. At Attabad lake you can enjoy boating and beauty of nature closely. In background you can see glaciers.
As Karakoram Highway is a Part of the China Pakistan Economic Corridor so government with the help of China built 24 km patch of KKH. In this patch they have built five, seven kilometres long tunnels at Attabad Lake.
Attabad Lake is one of the most beautiful fresh water lake of Pakistan. Now government is also taking care of this place and is establishing some resorts and hotels there. Local people also get some new source of income and Attabad Lake lake also attracts many local and foreign tourists.
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