It could prompt China to block the Brahmaputra River, which supplies around 30 percent of India’s fresh water and about 44 percent of its total hydropower potential.

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The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) on Wednesday suspended Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan indefinitely. The Indian government's decision comes a day after 26 people, including foreign nationals and mostly tourists were gunned down by terrorists at the scenic Pahalgam in Jammu Kashmir.