{
  "id": 16842446,
  "title": "Indore District Declared Water-Scarce Amid 27% Rainfall Deficit, Private Borewell Drilling Banned With Immediate Effect",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/indore-district-declared-water-scarce-amid-27-rainfall-deficit",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T03:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/indore-district-declared-water-scarce-amid-27-rainfall-deficit-private-borewell-drilling-banned-with-immediate-effect"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Indore (Madhya Pradesh): With below-normal rainfall and rapidly declining groundwater levels raising concerns over a looming water crisis, the district administration has declared all urban and rural areas of Indore district water-scarce and banned private borewell drilling with immediate effect until further orders. The restriction has been imposed months before the onset of summer, when such…",
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  "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."
}