{
  "id": 16856924,
  "title": "MP's Jhabua Declared Water-Scarce Zone Amid Low Rainfall, Private Borewell Drilling Banned And Water Extraction Restricted Across District",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/mps-jhabua-declared-water-scarce-zone-amid-low-rainfall-private",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T05:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/indore/mps-jhabua-declared-water-scarce-zone-amid-low-rainfall-private-borewell-drilling-banned-and-water-extraction-restricted-across-district"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh): The district administration has declared all urban and rural areas of Jhabua water-scarce and imposed restrictions on private borewell drilling and water extraction from existing sources. The order, issued on Tuesday, aims to conserve water amid below-average rainfall and declining groundwater levels. Under the order, water cannot be extracted from wells, stepwells,…",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}