{"id":45435,"date":"2019-09-05T14:31:28","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T09:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=45435"},"modified":"2020-10-15T19:58:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T14:28:16","slug":"did-traffic-signal-in-mumbai-cross-the-road-in-heavy-rains-no-video-from-china-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/did-traffic-signal-in-mumbai-cross-the-road-in-heavy-rains-no-video-from-china-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Traffic signal in Hyderabad or Mumbai &#8216;crosses road&#8217; in heavy rains? No, video from China viral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A video which shows a traffic signal being washed up in a heavy downpour is circulating on social media as Hyderabad reels under torrential rains.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">First time in History the signal crossing the road&#8230;\ud83d\ude01 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HyderabadFloods?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HyderabadFloods<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HyderabadRain?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HyderabadRain<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HyderabadHeavyRains?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HyderabadHeavyRains<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qcDFoThVyu\">pic.twitter.com\/qcDFoThVyu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jagat Darak (@jagat_darak) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jagat_darak\/status\/1316453944718053376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 14, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video is widespread on both Facebook and Twitter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MSDailyExpress\/videos\/1762259060603023\/\" data-show-text=\"true\" data-width=\"\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/MSDailyExpress\/videos\/1762259060603023\/\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/MSDailyExpress\/videos\/1762259060603023\/\">\ud83d\udc46First time in History. Signal crossing the road.\ud83d\ude01<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udc46First time in History. Signal crossing the road.\ud83d\ude01<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MSDailyExpress\/\">Tamilnews Express<\/a> on Wednesday, 14 October 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Viral last year as Mumbai<\/h4>\n<p>Filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri shared the video during Mumbai rains last year and wrote &#8211; &#8220;Hello Traffic Police of Mumbai, How much fine if the signal crosses the road?&#8221;\u00a0The video drew combined views of over 30,000 from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vivekagnihotri\/videos\/10157465590516753\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and Twitter accounts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Hello Traffic Police of Mumbai,<\/p>\n<p>How much fine if the signal crosses the road? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zDQ51YLEng\">pic.twitter.com\/zDQ51YLEng<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri (@vivekagnihotri) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vivekagnihotri\/status\/1169465515422601216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The same video was circulated by individual users on both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thebetaguy\/videos\/10156474546552596\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/savitha_rao\/status\/1169294177827344384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1169294177827344384&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsmhoaxslayer.com%2Fdid-the-traffic-signal-cross-the-road-in-mumbai%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>. An individual user <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DrShaharyarPt\/videos\/1127981920923269\/?v=1127981920923269\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"_371z\">Dr Shaharyar<\/span><\/a><a id=\"u_b_8\" class=\"_42ft _4jy0 _1yyn _4jy4 _517h _51sy\" role=\"button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DrShaharyarPt\/videos\/1127981920923269\/?v=1127981920923269#\" rel=\"async-post\"><\/a> shared it on Facebook in August. His post had over 1.2 lakh views and nearly 4,000 shares.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45441 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/download-18.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/download-18.png 454w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/download-18-232x300.png 232w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 454px) 100vw, 454px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was also shared in 2018 with an identical claim.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Subvidya\/videos\/1677858262330537\/\" data-width=\"250\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/developers.facebook.com\/Subvidya\/videos\/1677858262330537\/\"><p>Have you seen,<br \/>\nTraffic Signal itself,<br \/>\ncrossing the road&#8230;<br \/>\nMumbai Rains..<br \/>\n\ud83d\ude33\ud83d\ude22\ud83d\ude2d<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a role=\"button\" href=\"#\">Subramaniam Swaminathan<\/a> on Sunday, 10 June 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Video from China<\/h4>\n<p>A keyword search on YouTube &#8211; &#8220;traffic signal water&#8221; &#8211; threw up multiple videos from 2018 which said that the incident occurred in China. Chinese news network CGTN\u00a0had posted a longer version of the same video on May 11, 2018. The visuals depicted in the 8-second clip currently viral can be seen in the video below from 0:13 seconds onwards.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dramatic moment: &#039;Walking&#039; traffic light gets swept down the flooded street in China\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2s6Rn28uhXM?start=14&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>According to CGTN,\u00a0heavy rains in South China&#8217;s Yulin City swept down a temporary traffic signal on a flooded street.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese alphabets visible in the video further corroborate that it was not shot in India. The lights on the signal are working since it runs on solar energy. Solar panels are visible on top of the signal.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-45436 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/ecd09267-062f-4b88-a912-f6ab428d17f2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"548\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/ecd09267-062f-4b88-a912-f6ab428d17f2.png 548w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2019\/09\/ecd09267-062f-4b88-a912-f6ab428d17f2-288x300.png 288w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 548px) 100vw, 548px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the midst of Hyderabad witnessing heavy rainfall, several users shared a video from China and attempted to bring it to the notice of the city&#8217;s traffic police.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A video which shows a traffic signal being washed up in a heavy downpour is circulating on social media as Hyderabad reels under torrential rains. 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