{
  "id": 728370,
  "title": "NHPC flagged methane risk months before Sikkim tunnel blast",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/nhpc-flagged-methane-risk-months-before-sikkim-tunnel-blast",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T03:15:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/nhpc-flagged-methane-risk-months-before-sikkim-tunnel-blast-101786562441095.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The documents record a methane leak in January and show that safety measures and equipment to monitor the gas were subsequently recommended and sought. It is not clear from the documents whether all these recommendations had been fully implemented before work resumed",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "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."
}