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.

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

ji's #NewIndia !

4 km long Rack train with 4 engines being run on war footing basis to supply coal to power plants.
This is #Modigovt & @narendramodi ji's #NewIndia !@PMOIndia @RailMinIndia @CoalMinistry @BJP4India @BJP4Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/zx3S1u2fw6
— Prakash Javadekar (@PrakashJavdekar) October 20, 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 😺 मोदी हार कभी नहीं मानेगा ।👇🏻via WA pic.twitter.com/sqw7paEh68
— Divya Saxena Rastogi -दिव्या सक्सेना रस्तोगी (@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 😺 मोदी हार कभी नहीं मानेगा । pic.twitter.com/K6BiB41Okt
— #RenukaJain (@RenukaJain6) October 20, 2021

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.

VASUKI, 4 loaded goods train connected for the first time in Korba, Bilaspur Division.

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
— IRTS Association (@IRTSassociation) January 6, 2021

News Verdict ayupp.com: The video is 8 months old.

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