{"id":152216,"date":"2023-03-29T15:14:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T09:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=152216"},"modified":"2023-03-29T15:14:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T09:44:00","slug":"video-from-china-viral-as-trial-run-of-train-on-chenab-bridge-in-jk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-china-viral-as-trial-run-of-train-on-chenab-bridge-in-jk\/","title":{"rendered":"Video from China viral as trial run of train on Chenab bridge in J&amp;K"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/india-news\/worlds-highest-railway-bridge-to-open-in-j-k-soon-101679799567294.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highest railway bridge in the world<\/a>, which will link Katra and Banihal and span the Chenab River at a height of 359 meters, is under construction in Jammu and Kashmir as a part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link project. ANI reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aninews.in\/news\/world\/asia\/small-test-train-runs-on-worlds-highest-railway-bridge-track-on-chenab-river20230321213818\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a test run<\/a> was conducted on the bridge on March 21. Against this backdrop, several social media users have shared a video claiming it shows the test run of a train conducted on the bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Former BJP MLA <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rpsinghkhalsa\/status\/1639493613037166592?t=mxioGg8ucYTuc1yzA1AoAg&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">R P Singh<\/a>, who is the party&#8217;s national spokesperson, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/PkPQC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared<\/a> the video. The tweet has over 17,000 views at the moment.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congratulations India !!!<\/p>\n<p>Successful small train test run was conducted on 21 March on world&#8217;s highest railway track under construction on Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link on Chenab river in Reasi District(Jammu) of Jammu &amp; Kashmir Union Territory \u2b07\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ModiHaiTohMumkinHai?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ModiHaiTohMumkinHai<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MUAPoAw9cr\">pic.twitter.com\/MUAPoAw9cr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RP Singh National Spokesperson BJP (@rpsinghkhalsa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rpsinghkhalsa\/status\/1639493613037166592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kamranalimir\/status\/1639476824144252928?t=T7tm0iwVQG0X1D5NOx3qhg&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kamran Ali Mir<\/a>, a Twitter Blue subscriber, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/SsOSH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared<\/a> this video with exactly the same caption. His tweet has received over 70,000 views at the time of the writing of this article.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Congratulations India !!!<br \/>\nSuccessful small train test run was conducted on 21 March on world&#8217;s highest railway track under construction on Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link on Chenab river in Reasi District of Jammu &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Kashmir?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Kashmir<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zgVb6zhHYH\">pic.twitter.com\/zgVb6zhHYH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kamran Ali Mir (@kamranalimir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kamranalimir\/status\/1639476824144252928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NarsaiahBoora\/status\/1639530833697710083?t=mmak4_d2D9GlbQKwSKWYCw&amp;s=19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boora Narsaiah Goud<\/a>, former BJP MP from Telangana, <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/FD9F1\">shared<\/a> this video.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Successful small train test run was conducted on 21 March on world&#8217;s highest railway track under construction on Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla rail link on Chenab river in Reasi District(Jammu) of Jammu &amp; Kashmir Union Territory @\ud83d\udc4c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BJP4Telangana?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BJP4Telangana<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PA7UpiuhV0\">pic.twitter.com\/PA7UpiuhV0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 boora narsaiah goud (@NarsaiahBoora) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NarsaiahBoora\/status\/1639530833697710083?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2023\u00a0<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Industrialist Anand Mahindra quote-tweeted a tweet carrying the video and the above-mentioned caption. He later deleted the tweet. here is a screenshot:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-152256 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-27-at-17.31.50-710x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-27-at-17.31.50-710x1024.jpg 710w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-27-at-17.31.50-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-27-at-17.31.50-768x1107.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-27-at-17.31.50-1065x1536.jpg 1065w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-27-at-17.31.50.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The video was also shared on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/top\/?q=Congratulations%20India%20!!!%20Successful%20small%20train%20test%20run%20was%20conducted%20on%2021%20March%20on%20world%27s%20highest%20railway%20track%20under%20construction%20on%20Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla%20rail%20link%20on%20Chenab%20river%20in%20Reasi%20District%20of%20Jammu%20%26%20%23Kashmir.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Facebook<\/a> multiple times.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-152216 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-china-viral-as-trial-run-of-train-on-chenab-bridge-in-jk\/2023-03-27-15_53_17-15-congratulations-india-successful-small-train-test-run-was-conducted-on\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2023-03-27-15_53_17-15-Congratulations-India-Successful-small-train-test-run-was-conducted-on-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2023-03-27-15_53_17-15-Congratulations-India-Successful-small-train-test-run-was-conducted-on-.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2023-03-27-15_53_17-15-Congratulations-India-Successful-small-train-test-run-was-conducted-on--112x300.jpg 112w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-china-viral-as-trial-run-of-train-on-chenab-bridge-in-jk\/2023-03-27-15_52_34-15-congratulations-india-successful-small-train-test-run-was-conducted-on\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"761\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2023-03-27-15_52_34-15-Congratulations-India-Successful-small-train-test-run-was-conducted-on-.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2023-03-27-15_52_34-15-Congratulations-India-Successful-small-train-test-run-was-conducted-on-.png 255w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2023-03-27-15_52_34-15-Congratulations-India-Successful-small-train-test-run-was-conducted-on--101x300.png 101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-china-viral-as-trial-run-of-train-on-chenab-bridge-in-jk\/2023-03-27-15_51_39-15-congratulations-india-successful-small-train-test-run-was-conducted-on\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2023-03-27-15_51_39-15-Congratulations-India-Successful-small-train-test-run-was-conducted-on-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2023-03-27-15_51_39-15-Congratulations-India-Successful-small-train-test-run-was-conducted-on-.jpg 256w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2023-03-27-15_51_39-15-Congratulations-India-Successful-small-train-test-run-was-conducted-on--101x300.jpg 101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/video-from-china-viral-as-trial-run-of-train-on-chenab-bridge-in-jk\/2023-03-27-15_50_57-15-congratulations-india-successful-small-train-test-run-was-conducted-on\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"702\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2023-03-27-15_50_57-15-Congratulations-India-Successful-small-train-test-run-was-conducted-on-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2023-03-27-15_50_57-15-Congratulations-India-Successful-small-train-test-run-was-conducted-on-.jpg 255w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2023-03-27-15_50_57-15-Congratulations-India-Successful-small-train-test-run-was-conducted-on--109x300.jpg 109w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h4>Fact Check<\/h4>\n<p>When we broke down the viral video into key frames using InVid and reverse-searched one of those frames, we were led to a website called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highestbridges.com\/wiki\/index.php?title=Beipanjiang_Railway_Bridge_Shuibai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">highestbridges.com<\/a>. The bridge shown in the video is not the Chenab bridge from J&amp;K. It is a bridge in China called Beipanjiang Railway Bridge, Shuibai. It is located southwest of the city of Liupanshui near the north end of China\u2019s Guizhou province on the Shuibai Railway.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-152245 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2023-03-27-16_41_55-Beipanjiang-Railway-Bridge-Shuibai-HighestBridges.com_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1897\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2023-03-27-16_41_55-Beipanjiang-Railway-Bridge-Shuibai-HighestBridges.com_.jpg 1897w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2023-03-27-16_41_55-Beipanjiang-Railway-Bridge-Shuibai-HighestBridges.com_-300x127.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2023-03-27-16_41_55-Beipanjiang-Railway-Bridge-Shuibai-HighestBridges.com_-1024x433.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2023-03-27-16_41_55-Beipanjiang-Railway-Bridge-Shuibai-HighestBridges.com_-768x325.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/2023-03-27-16_41_55-Beipanjiang-Railway-Bridge-Shuibai-HighestBridges.com_-1536x649.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1897px) 100vw, 1897px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The viral video was shared on Facebook by a user named Adnan on <a href=\"https:\/\/m.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=406146708224723&amp;id=100081893828910&amp;mibextid=Nif5oz\">June 27, 2022<\/a>. It has a caption that says &#8216;Beipan River Bridge Guizhou&#8217;<em>. <\/em>Therefore, it can not be of the Chenab bridge trial run.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100081893828910\/videos\/406146708224723\/\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100081893828910\/videos\/406146708224723\/\"><p>Beipan River Bridge \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3 Guizhou<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/beautiful.wiki\/wiki\/List_of_bridges_in_Guizhou<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Andan\/100081893828910\/\">Andan<\/a> on Monday, 27 June 2022<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then, by performing a keyword search on Twitter, Alt News came across a<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/kucnN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> tweet<\/a> from the official handle of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RailwayNorthern\/status\/1635992131020939265?t=X87335GuHefXoJ9kEzR0fQ&amp;s=19\">Northern Railways<\/a>, posting pictures about the newly inaugurated Chenab Railway bridge. The picture of the bridge and the topography in this tweet do not match the same in the viral video.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Great wonder of India!<\/p>\n<p>Experience the breathtaking beauty of the world&#8217;s highest bridge, the Chenab Bridge, which seems to stand tall amidst the majestic mountains, spanning across the pristine Chenab River. Truly an outstanding feat of engineering.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ChenabBridge?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ChenabBridge<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chenab?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Chenab<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q5odqRap44\">pic.twitter.com\/q5odqRap44<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Northern Railway (@RailwayNorthern) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RailwayNorthern\/status\/1635992131020939265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Readers can see the differences in the side-by-side comparison below:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-152257 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-27-at-17.35.07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"719\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-27-at-17.35.07.jpg 719w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2023\/03\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-03-27-at-17.35.07-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 719px) 100vw, 719px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the video making rounds on social media claiming to be of the Chenab Railway Bridge from Jammu and Kashmir is actually a video of a bridge in China called Beipanjiang Railway Bridge Shuibai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The highest railway bridge in the world, which will link Katra and Banihal and span the Chenab River at a height of 359 meters, is under construction in Jammu and Kashmir as a part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link project. ANI reported that a test run was conducted on the bridge on March 21. 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