Old big pothole from Gujarat, shared as recent Uttar Pradesh
News Claim: In a viral message on social media, People are sharing an image of a road with a big pit in the centre of the road. It is being claimed that the picture is Varanasi. In the picture, a big pothole can be seen in the middle of the road.
Viral message on WhatsApp today & other Social Media: The message being shared on social media as, विश्व का पहला "अंडरग्राउंड क्रिकेट "स्टेडियम "बनारस में बन कर तैयार__वो भी सड़क के बीचों-बीच।
The world's first "underground cricket" stadium was built in Benares____ that too in the middle of the road.
विश्व का पहला अंडरग्राउंड क्रिकेट स्टेडियम बनारस में बन कर तैयार, वो भी सड़क के बीचों-बीच pic.twitter.com/jTZXc0rL1r
— Izhar Saifi (@IzharSaifi9) August 7, 2021
Viral since 2017, the oldest image we found uploaded on the Twitter handle of Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh on 29 July 2017.
विकास ऊपर से लेकर नीचे तक पहुँच चुका है,अगर आपको दिखाई नही देता तो इसमें मोदी जी का क्या दोष है? pic.twitter.com/qDScnlnyom
— Sanjay Singh AAP (@SanjayAzadSln) July 29, 2017
News Verification: Users are taunting while sharing this picture with their accounts. We found out that the viral picture is quite an old photo of Ahmedabad, the capital of Gujarat. This is a picture from 2017.
During the search, we also found this picture posted on 29th July 2017 on the Twitter handle of Sanjeev Bhatt. It was told of Ahmedabad.
This morning's pictures from the smart city of Ahmedabad. :) pic.twitter.com/VXislkEkZr
— Sanjiv Bhatt (IPS) (@sanjivbhatt) July 29, 2017
News verdict: False.
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