{
  "id": 18491016,
  "title": "BJP's Navnath Ban Defends Karjat Power Project: 'Twice The Number Of Trees To Be Planted'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/bjps-navnath-ban-defends-karjat-power-project-twice-the-number-of",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T10:48:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/bjps-navnath-ban-defends-karjat-power-project-twice-the-number-of-trees-to-be-planted"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pune: Defending the proposed 3,000 MW pumped-storage power project in Karjat, BJP leader Navnath Ban on Friday said around 20,000 to 23,000 trees would be felled for the project, but twice that number would be planted as compensatory afforestation. He argued that the environmental impact of the project should be assessed against the pollution that would be generated if the same amount of…",
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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."
}