{
  "id": 4598299,
  "title": "Mettur Dam: the Water Source for Tamil Nadu’s rice belt",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/31/mettur-dam-the-water-source-for-tamil-nadus-rice-belt",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-31T07:38:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/mettur-dam-the-water-source-for-tamil-nadus-rice-belt/article71409983.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "With poor monsoon, the release has been delayed this year and Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay will open water from dam on September 1, 2026",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Hindu",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/farmers-associations-seek-lifting-of-toddy-ban-in-tamil-nadu",
        "published": "2026-08-30T19:09:14.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Sri Lanka beckons, but for refugees in Tamil Nadu, a long road to ‘homecoming’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/30/sri-lanka-beckons-but-for-refugees-in-tamil-nadu-a-long-road-to",
        "published": "2026-08-30T23:50:10.000Z"
      }
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  },
  "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."
}