{
  "id": 14401621,
  "title": "Nashik: MPCB Shuts 17 Factories In Ambad MIDC Over Effluent Discharge",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/nashik-mpcb-shuts-17-factories-in-ambad-midc-over-effluent-discharge",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T08:02:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/nashik-mpcb-shuts-17-factories-in-ambad-midc-over-effluent-discharge"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nashik: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has ordered the closure of 17 factories in the Ambad Industrial Estate after finding that they were discharging untreated industrial effluent, contaminating water sources. The MPCB initiated inspections following complaints that yellow, chemical-laden water was being drawn from borewells and hand pumps in the Dattanagar area. After…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}