{
  "id": 8669881,
  "title": "Smart Cities Spent Crores On Tech. Did Garbage Collection Actually Improve?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/smart-cities-spent-crores-on-tech-did-garbage-collection-actually",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-20T10:04:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "NDTV",
    "slug": "ndtv",
    "url": "https://www.ndtv.com/business-news/smart-cities-india-garbage-disposal-technology-solid-waste-management-collection-12064127"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "India has spent crores trying to make its cities smarter. The Smart Cities Mission has seen around Rs 1.64 lakh crore invested across 8,067 projects.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}