{
  "id": 17164559,
  "title": "Fresh rules issued for dredging in forest areas to mitigate floods",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/30/fresh-rules-issued-for-dredging-in-forest-areas-to-mitigate-floods",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-30T02:21:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/fresh-rules-issued-for-dredging-in-forest-areas-to-mitigate-floods-101793301726183.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Centre has issued fresh guidelines allowing scientifically planned river dredging in forest areas to mitigate floods and restore river ecosystems, without treating the activity as a “non-forest purpose” and exempting qualifying works from forest clearance requirements, compensatory afforestation and net present value (NPV) payments",
  "key_points": [],
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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."
}