{
  "id": 18255458,
  "title": "Authorities urge citizens to avoid drinking Indus River water due to toxic contamination",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/authorities-urge-citizens-to-avoid-drinking-indus-river-water-due-to",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-05T05:15:45.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Times",
    "slug": "daily-times",
    "url": "https://dailytimes.com.pk/1577050/authorities-urge-citizens-to-avoid-drinking-indus-river-water-due-to-toxic-contamination/"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Authorities issued urgent warnings to residents of Jamshoro, Hyderabad, and Kotri regarding severe toxic contamination in the Indus River. Furthermore, official water quality testing revealed that hazardous elements and total dissolved solids (TDS) reached dangerous concentration levels. Consequently, the Executive Engineer at Kotri Barrage dispatched an urgent letter to the Superintending…",
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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."
}