{"id":42899,"date":"2019-08-06T15:25:11","date_gmt":"2019-08-06T09:55:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=42899"},"modified":"2019-08-06T15:25:11","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T09:55:11","slug":"media-shares-image-of-cracked-road-from-maharashtra-as-nippani-karnataka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/media-shares-image-of-cracked-road-from-maharashtra-as-nippani-karnataka\/","title":{"rendered":"Media shares image of cracked road from Maharashtra as Nippani, Karnataka"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 5,\u00a0Bangalore Mirror\u00a0<\/em>tweeted an image of a cracked road while reporting that KSRTC has confirmed that all interstate bound toward Kolhapur, Maharashtra have been stopped at Nippani, Karnataka. This tweet went out at 11:44 pm and now stands deleted.<\/p>\n

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About an hour prior to\u00a0Bangalore Mirror’s\u00a0<\/em>tweet, at 10:52 pm, the identical image and words were tweeted by the media outlet’s Metro Editor, Sridhar Vivan. This tweet too stands deleted.<\/p>\n

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The next day at 8:18 am, ANI<\/a> <\/em>tweeted the same picture of a cracked road claiming that it appeared on National Highway 4 near Nippani in Belagavi district, Karnataka (archive<\/a>). It is noteworthy that Belagavi is experiencing flooding<\/a> due to heavy rains.<\/p>\n

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ANI’s\u00a0<\/em>tweet was picked up by\u00a0Zee Salaam<\/a>, Times of India<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0News9<\/a><\/em> minutes after it went live.<\/p>\n

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Mirror Now<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>also published the identical image claiming that a huge crack appeared on NH 4 due to heavy rains in Nipanni.<\/p>\n

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Maharashtra, NOT Karnataka<\/h2>\n

Several users pointed out that the photograph was taken in Kasara on Mumbai-Nashik expressway and not in Nippani, Karnataka. Among them was one who highlighted a restaurant advertisement visible on a wall behind a policeman which said, “Green Land Pure Veg.”\u00a0<\/em>This is a restaurant in Igatpuri, Mumbai-Nashik Highway<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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It’s from Maharashtra pic.twitter.com\/IVEaCQZnWB<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 \u5342 \u51e0 \u3129 \u5c3a \u5342 \u13b6 \u049c \u5342 \u722a \u5342 \u3125 (@Anuragkamal) August 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Photographs taken at the same spot but from a different angle were published by\u00a0Zee News Hindi<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em>In the image below, the same restaurant advertisement can be seen.<\/p>\n

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The incident was also reported by\u00a0Maharastra Times<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0ABP Majha.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n