Fact Check: 4 km long Rack train with 4 engines being run on war footing
News Claim: A tweet by former Union Minster Prakash Javadekar created a huge buzz on social media, the minister tweeted stating, a 4 km long Rack train with 4 engines being run on a war footing basis to supply coal to power plants. ┬а┬а
Social Media Claims: 4 km long Rack train with 4 engines being run on war footing basis to supply coal to power plants.
This is #Modigovt &
@narendramodi
┬аji's #NewIndia !
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4 km long Rack train with 4 engines being run on war footing basis to supply coal to power plants.
— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) October 20, 2021
This is #Modigovt & @narendramodi ji's #NewIndia !@PMOIndia @RailMinIndia @CoalMinistry @BJP4India @BJP4Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/zx3S1u2fw6
4 km long rack train with 4 engines being run on war footing bases to supply coal to power plants . This is Modi era ЁЯШ║ рдореЛрджреА рд╣рд╛рд░ рдХрднреА рдирд╣реАрдВ рдорд╛рдиреЗрдЧрд╛ редЁЯСЗЁЯП╗via WA pic.twitter.com/sqw7paEh68
— Divya Saxena Rastogi -рджрд┐рд╡реНрдпрд╛ рд╕рдХреНрд╕реЗрдирд╛ рд░рд╕реНрддреЛрдЧреА (@Divsbabs) October 22, 2021
4 km long rack train with 4 engines being run on war footing bases to supply coal to power plants . This is Modi era ЁЯШ║ рдореЛрджреА рд╣рд╛рд░ рдХрднреА рдирд╣реАрдВ рдорд╛рдиреЗрдЧрд╛ ред pic.twitter.com/K6BiB41Okt
— #RenukaJain (@RenukaJain6) October 20, 2021
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News Verification: The Union Minister tweeted against the backdrop effect of government efforts to increase the produce and supply of Coal demands in India.
The video shows a train loaded with coal, as it passes through a railway station.
On our fact check we found that the video is not from recent times, but an 8-month-old video already available on social media.
The YouTube version of the same video is available since Jan 23, 2021.
┬аVASUKI, 4 loaded goods train connected for the first time in Korba, Bilaspur Division.
— IRTS Association (@IRTSassociation) January 6, 2021
Carrying 16000 tonn of coal equivalent to 500 trucks, it ran from Korba to Bhilai.
Commendable job done by the entire Operations team led by Shri Ravish Kumar Singh #IRTS#IRTSMovingIndia pic.twitter.com/08RUn1F6aj
News Verdict ayupp.com: The video is 8 months old.┬а
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