{
  "id": 16759876,
  "title": "CM Fadnavis Defends Torrent Power's Bhimashankar Project Amid Row Over Proposed Felling Of More Than 32,000 Trees, Says Pumped Storage Needed To Cut Coal Dependence | VIDEO",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/cm-fadnavis-defends-torrent-powers-bhimashankar-project-amid-row-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T14:41:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/cm-fadnavis-defends-torrent-powers-bhimashankar-project-amid-row-over-proposed-felling-of-more-than-32000-trees-says-pumped-storage-needed-to-cut-coal-dependence-video"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Tuesday defended Torrent Power's proposed 3,000 MW pumped-storage hydropower project in Karjat, near Bhimashankar, asserting that such projects could help reduce dependence on coal-based electricity and support the state's clean-energy requirements. Speaking to reporters in Mumbai, Fadnavis stated that the project is environmentally…",
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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."
}