HCC, which holds 98% in joint-venture with Halcrow group of UK has bagged the contract for Kishanganga hydro-electric project from National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC). The project involves construction of concrete faced rock-filled dam of 37 meter high, a head race tunnel of 25.8 km and a underground powerhouse in Kishanganga river in Baramulla district of Jammu & Kashmir. The total worth of contract is about Rs.27264.9 million.