{
  "id": 250497,
  "title": "Pedestal fans drying ₹4,200 crore Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway go viral; internet reacts — 'Rolling back to stone age'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/07/pedestal-fans-drying-4-200-crore-kanpur-lucknow-expressway-go-viral",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-07T03:22:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Live Mint",
    "slug": "live-mint",
    "url": "https://www.livemint.com/news/trends/pedestal-fans-drying-rs-4-200-crore-kanpur-lucknow-expressway-go-viral-internet-reacts-rolling-back-to-stone-age-11786068077856.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Concerns over construction quality emerged few days after the Kanpur-Lucknow Expressway's opening, with online users mocking the use of fans to dry the road. NHAI penalized the contractor and suspended toll collection amid corruption allegations.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}