{
  "id": 16893845,
  "title": "Nashik: Dry Spell Destroys Kharif Crops Across 6.44 Lakh Hectares, 6.87 Lakh Farmers Affected",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/nashik-dry-spell-destroys-kharif-crops-across-6-44-lakh-hectares-6-87",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T11:10:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/nashik-dry-spell-destroys-kharif-crops-across-644-lakh-hectares-687-lakh-farmers-affected"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nashik: The kharif season in Nashik district has suffered a severe blow due to a prolonged dry spell following a strong onset of the monsoon. The extended lack of rainfall has raised drought concerns across all 13 talukas of the district, with crops on 6,44,289 hectares suffering damage. The dry spell has affected 6,87,065 farmers across 3,306 villages in the district. The process of conducting…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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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."
}