{
  "id": 1869563,
  "title": "Maharashtra Contractors Protest At Mumbai's Azad Maidan Over ₹86,600 Crore Dues, Allege Mahayuti Govt Favouring Big Firms",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/19/maharashtra-contractors-protest-at-mumbais-azad-maidan-over-86-600",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-19T04:21:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/maharashtra-contractors-protest-at-mumbais-azad-maidan-over-86600-crore-dues-allege-mahayuti-govt-favouring-big-firms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mumbai: Thousands of government contractors and engineers took to the streets at Mumbai’s Azad Maidan on Tuesday, demanding the release of around Rs 86,662 crore in pending government payments and accusing the Mahayuti government of pushing policies that favour large companies at the expense of small and medium contractors. The Maharashtra State Government Contractors’ Federation has launched a…",
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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."
}