{
  "id": 158436,
  "title": "Cities generating more sewage than they can treat: Parl panel report",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/05/cities-generating-more-sewage-than-they-can-treat-parl-panel-report",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-05T03:18:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/cities-generating-more-sewage-than-they-can-treat-parl-panel-report-101785871070315.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A parliamentary standing committee report has revealed that India's cities are generating sewage far beyond their treatment capacity, with a treatment gap of over 20,700 million litres per day (MLD). The report highlights the lack of effective sanitation infrastructure, with only 34.5 million out of 113.2 million urban households connected to sewer networks, and 28.5 million households relying on septage-based sanitation systems. The committee also pointed out deficiencies in septage-based sanitation, such as the use of untrained masons for septic tank construction, leading to tanks often being oversized and increasing the risk of groundwater contamination. Despite investments in wastewater reuse, the country has only achieved 6,012 MLD, far below the targeted 10,000 MLD by 2030.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}