

{"id":20339,"date":"2018-10-01T19:36:07","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T14:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=20339"},"modified":"2018-10-01T19:36:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T14:06:07","slug":"bjp-chhattisgarh-uses-images-from-gujarat-and-abroad-to-showcase-improved-highways","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/bjp-chhattisgarh-uses-images-from-gujarat-and-abroad-to-showcase-improved-highways\/","title":{"rendered":"BJP Chhattisgarh uses images from Gujarat and abroad to showcase improved highways"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BJP Chhattisgarh on September 30 <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/ymxjl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> images of three expressways and captioned them as &#8211;\u00a0<em>&#8220;\u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0938 \u0938\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0938 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092b\u0930\u0964 <s>#<\/s>BadhtaChhattisgarh\u00a0(The journey from trust to development <s>#<\/s>BadhtaChhattisgarh),&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0obliquely accrediting itself with the construction of the roads in the pictures.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0938 \u0938\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0938 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092b\u0930\u0964 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BadhtaChhattisgarh?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BadhtaChhattisgarh<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5YkEcNs9Rm\">pic.twitter.com\/5YkEcNs9Rm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BJP Chhattisgarh (@BJP4CGState) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BJP4CGState\/status\/1046358712816791555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alt News cropped the pictures and searched for them individually to ascertain the origin of each image.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Image 1<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20342 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-1.jpg 647w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-1-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When we reverse-searched this photograph on Google, multiple links of media portals that have used the same image came up. Among them was &#8211; a 2018 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jagran.com\/news\/national-eastern-delhi-expressway-first-phase-inaugurated-on-29th-april-17799813.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dainik Jagran<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>report,\u00a0a 2017 article by\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/odishatv.in\/nation\/new-division-to-focus-on-highway-operations-243416\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Odishatv<\/a>, <\/em>a\u00a02016\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/education-today\/gk-current-affairs\/story\/national-highways-india-308059-2016-02-10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>India Today<\/em><\/a>\u00a0report<em>,<\/em>\u00a0a 2014 report by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nmtv.tv\/government-launches-green-roadway-drive-for-planting-saplings-on-national-highways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>NMTV<\/em><\/a>, and more.\u00a0Not only Indian media but we found that the image was also used by Pakistani\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urdupoint.com\/en\/pakistan\/national-highway-authority-nha-makes-plant-283159.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samaa.tv\/economy\/2016\/06\/rs-188-bln-allocated-for-roads-highways-construction-dar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2<\/a>) and <a href=\"http:\/\/news24.gonomot.com\/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BF-%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bangladeshi<\/a>\u00a0portals as well.<\/p>\n<p>While rummaging through other outlets that have shared this photograph, we came across a 2016 report by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.financialexpress.com\/india-news\/expressway-vehicles-should-pass-through-toll-plazas-in-3-minutes\/289108\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Financial Express<\/em><\/a>. Alt News reverse-search the image on Google once again and found a\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.in\/search?q=mumbai+pune+express+highway&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbs=simg:CAQSlQEJ0HQkUSKHCKYaiQELEKjU2AQaAggVDAsQsIynCBpiCmAIAxIonQuBFoAWjhajA5AengvSFLUK_1hWMP4Q_1sCqDP9E45iKXK8oizTnOORowTBx3QlBHRFIZThK2OiAFE5M6cbdf6f4btjALNp_1SPCVyMM-4ZOeDRZjTIpk7AdwjIAQMCxCOrv4IGgoKCAgBEgTXWafSDA,isz:l&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiTxvj0mOXdAhXPV30KHb6gC1EQ2A4ILSgE&amp;biw=1517&amp;bih=641#imgrc=AE368wUYb2mRzM:\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Times of India<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>report with the identical picture of a better quality. If one carefully notices this photograph, there is a\u00a0signage on the left side of the crossroad. While one of the words &#8211; &#8220;Vadodara&#8221; &#8211; is clearly visible on the board, the other word appears hazy. However, the scope of the search was truncated to highways that run through Vadodara, Gujarat.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20361 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/vado-1024x407.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/vado-1024x407.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/vado-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/vado-768x305.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/vado-696x276.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/vado-1068x424.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/vado-1058x420.jpg 1058w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/vado.jpg 1317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, we Googled &#8216;Vadodara Expressway&#8217;, which is National Expressway 1 (NE-1) or Mumbai-Vadodara Expressway. Scrolling through images of this highway on Google landed us on a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/gujaratmoney.com\/2010\/12\/01\/vadodara-mumbai-expressway-will-pass-from-35-kms-east-of-surat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>gujaratmoney.com <\/em><\/a>link\u00a0that had shared a picture similar to the Mumbai-Vadodara Expressway image, but taken from another angle. The signage on the left side of the crossroad was identical and another signage located at the far end of the photograph was placed at the same spot on both the pictures.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20357 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/colllage.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/colllage.jpeg 1500w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/colllage-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/colllage-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/colllage-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/colllage-696x464.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/colllage-1068x712.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/colllage-630x420.jpeg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One can clearly read the crossroad signage on the\u00a0<em>gujaratmoney.com<\/em>\u00a0image. It says &#8211; &#8220;Vadodara&#8221; and &#8220;Nadiad&#8221; therefore, conclusively establishing that the photograph shared by BJP Chattisgarh does not pertain to a highway in the state but is of the Mumbai-Vadodara Expressway.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Image 2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20347 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-two.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-two.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-two-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-two-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-two-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-two-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-two-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-two-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News reverse searched this image on Google and came across several links that had shared the identical photograph. Among them was a\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/hindi.news18.com\/news\/rajasthan\/krishan-pal-gurjar-said-delhi-jaipur-highway-complete-in-one-year-618170.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News18<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>report from 2014 on the Delhi-Jaipur Highway and a 2016\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/himachaldastak.com\/breaking\/250-%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%86%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%87-62-%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B5-%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A6-%E0%A4%B9-99131.html\/attachment\/road-in-chmba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amar Ujala<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>link which captioned the image as &#8220;Road in Chamba&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>While we could not establish the origin of the photograph, we were able to trace it as far back as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swatantraawaz.com\/headline\/1496.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2013<\/a>. None of the links that we found stated that the image was of a road in Chattisgarh.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Image 3<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20349 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-3-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-3-1-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-3-1-768x426.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-3-1-1024x568.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-3-1-696x385.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-3-1-1068x593.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/road-3-1-757x420.jpg 757w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A Google reverse search of the third image unveiled a plethora of links to stock photography websites. Among them was a <em>Shuttershock<\/em> link that redirected us to a section\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/search\/toronto+traffic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Toronto Traffic Photos&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0on the website. Here, we found that the identical image was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/busy-multilane-highway-big-city-16588861?src=jmdHjmHo8LIikyv_5uAfRg-1-72\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">uploaded<\/a> by a photographer named\u00a0<i class=\"contrib-thumb contrib-thumb-def sstk-icon icon-account-user\"><\/i>Elena Elisseeva.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20354 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/shutter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/shutter.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/shutter-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/shutter-100x70.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Alt News also found the photograph in the stock images of a Canadian website\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canstockphoto.com\/busy-highway-1273799.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CanStockPhoto<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>If one zooms in on the picture, the driver can be seen sitting behind the wheel on the left whereas, in India, all vehicles have wheels on the right.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20374 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/driver-left.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"448\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/driver-left.png 448w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/10\/driver-left-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While\u00a0<em>Shutterstock\u00a0<\/em>included the image as part of &#8220;Toronto Traffic Photos&#8221; and the photographer is also from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/g\/elenathewise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada<\/a>, Alt News could not independently confirm the origin of the picture. However, the evidence at hand conclusively establishes that it was not shot in India.<\/p>\n<p>Photographs depicting infrastructural development have often been shared as achievements of the ruling party. Last year, Chhattisgarh PWD minister Rajesh Munat passed off a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/chhattisgarh-pwd-minister-rajesh-munat-passes-vietnamese-bridge-one-raigarh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vietnamese bridge as one in Raigarh<\/a>; a digital impression of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/babul-supriyo-wasnt-first-bjp-big-wig-fell-whatsapp-propaganda-bjps-cadre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rajkot Bus stand<\/a>\u00a0was circulated by BJP MP Babul Supriyo as the real image; the Ministry of Roads, Transport and Highways posted pictures of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/union-ministry-road-transport-highways-website-uses-pictures-roadways-us-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">roadways from US and Canada<\/a>\u00a0on its parivahan website. With enough pieces of evidence suggesting that &#8220;development&#8221; photographs are often circulated to espouse propaganda, self-verification is pertinent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BJP Chhattisgarh on September 30 tweeted images of three expressways and captioned them as &#8211;\u00a0&#8220;\u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0938 \u0938\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0938 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092b\u0930\u0964 #BadhtaChhattisgarh\u00a0(The journey from trust to development #BadhtaChhattisgarh),&#8221;\u00a0obliquely accrediting itself with the construction of the roads in the pictures. \u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0938 \u0938\u0947 \u0935\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0938 \u0915\u093e \u0938\u092b\u0930\u0964 #BadhtaChhattisgarh pic.twitter.com\/5YkEcNs9Rm \u2014 BJP Chhattisgarh (@BJP4CGState) September 30, 2018 Alt News cropped the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":20379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[141],"class_list":["post-20339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","fact_checks_claim_type-politics"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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