This infographic explores the intersection of the Indus Waters Treaty, cross-border terrorism, and India's evolving water security strategy. It highlights the treaty's historical framework, major security challenges from Uri to Pahalgam, and India's efforts to utilize its lawful water rights through hydropower, irrigation, and infrastructure development.

On the afternoon of 14 February 2019, when most of the world was celebrating love and companionship, the quiet winter roads of south Kashmir witnessed one of the darkest days in India’s contemporary history. Along the Jammu–Srinagar National Highway near Lethpora, Pulwama, a convoy of Central Reserve Police Force personnel moved slowly through the snow-covered landscape. It was a routine movement something that had happened thousands of times before. A suicide bomber rammed a