{
  "id": 2143744,
  "title": "Varanasi Floods: Manikarnika Ghat Shut As Families Forced To Perform Cremations On Rooftops",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/varanasi-floods-manikarnika-ghat-shut-as-families-forced-to-perform",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-20T12:52:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/varanasi-floods-manikarnika-ghat-shut-as-families-forced-to-perform-cremations-on-rooftops"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Varanasi: Varanasi’s waterlogged lanes have taken an unprecedented turn, with rising water forcing families to perform last rites on the rooftops of houses as the flood situation worsens across the city. The Manikarnika Ghat, one of the country’s most prominent cremation grounds, has been closed after the Ganga rose sharply, leaving families struggling to find space to perform cremations. Several…",
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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."
}