Days after the Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled in Pakistan's favour against India's illegal suspension of the Indus Water Treaty, India officially floated $23.52 billion infrastructure tenders on 20 May 2026 for the Chenab–Beas Link Tunnel Project in the Lahaul Spiti region. This is an act of grave aggression, permanently diverting Chenab River water allocated to Pakistan under the IWT. An 8.7 km tunnel, 4.3 metres in diameter, will unilaterally divert 2 Million Acre Feet of water annually from the Chandra River, the principal tributary of the Chenab, eastward into the Beas basin. This diversion directly violates the UN Watercourses Convention of 1997, Article 60 of the Vienna Convention of 1969, and the dispute resolution frameworks of the IWT. Pakistan must take immediate action by filing an application with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for provisional measures to secure a stay order against the tunnel construction. Simultaneously, the security establishment must convey a willingness to undo any such effort by India, even if it means using force. Finally, the state must aggressively build delayed local water storage, because every acre foot we store is one that cannot be weaponized against us.