{
  "id": 1470510,
  "title": "India’s biggest urban problem might not be potholes. It could be us",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/indias-biggest-urban-problem-might-not-be-potholes-it-could-be-us",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-17T09:28:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indias-biggest-urban-problem-might-not-be-potholes-it-could-be-us/articleshow/133292002.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Indian cities invest heavily in infrastructure, yet many problems arise from everyday human behavior. Overflowing bins and parked cars on sidewalks highlight this ongoing civic failure. Traffic rule violations and littering demonstrate a cultural contradiction in public space treatment. Keeping cities clean requires municipal systems, enforcement, and citizen behavior working together. Becoming…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}