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  "id": 2275827,
  "title": "Black dust chokes lives in Visakhapatnam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/black-dust-chokes-lives-in-visakhapatnam-2275827",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T01:54:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu - Sci-Tech",
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    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/black-dust-chokes-lives-in-visakhapatnam/article71370758.ece"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "For residents of the One Town area, pollution is no longer an occasional problem but an everyday reality, with black dust settling on homes, vehicles and streets and concerns mounting over its impact on health. From the port-adjoining lanes of the Old City to parts of Gajuwaka, residents say that coal and iron ore dust, industrial emissions, and vehicular pollution have made the air a persistent…",
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        "outlet": "The Hindu",
        "title": "Black dust chokes lives in Visakhapatnam",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/black-dust-chokes-lives-in-visakhapatnam",
        "published": "2026-08-21T01:54:22.000Z"
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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."
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