{
  "id": 9253676,
  "title": "Kasturirangan report on western ghats: Assembly rejects Centre’s 7th draft",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/kasturirangan-report-on-western-ghats-assembly-rejects-centres-7th",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-23T02:33:20.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Hindustan Times",
    "slug": "hindustan-times",
    "url": "https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/kasturirangan-report-on-western-ghats-assembly-rejects-centre-s-7th-draft-101790106723953.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Karnataka Assembly on Tuesday unanimously rejected the Centre’s latest proposal to declare 20,668 sq km of the Western Ghats an Ecologically Sensitive Area, asking the Union government to keep the notification on hold for a year while the state carries out physical surveys and addresses land and livelihood concerns.",
  "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."
}