{"id":73779,"date":"2020-08-23T15:38:58","date_gmt":"2020-08-23T10:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=73779"},"modified":"2021-08-11T14:53:55","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T09:23:55","slug":"2017-image-of-big-pothole-from-ahmedabad-shared-as-uttar-pradesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2017-image-of-big-pothole-from-ahmedabad-shared-as-uttar-pradesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Old image of giant sinkhole in the middle of a road in Ahmedabad shared as Varanasi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A picture of a giant sinkhole in the middle of a road is being shared on social media with the claim that it is from the city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Mahrukh Firdaus sarcastically wrote this is the first &#8216;underground&#8217; cricket stadium. His post drew 1,000 shares.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=266491321948991&amp;id=100057643766707\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=266491321948991&amp;id=100057643766707\"><p>\u0935\u093f\u0936\u094d\u0935 \u0915\u093e \u092a\u0939\u0932\u093e \u0905\u0902\u0921\u0930\u0917\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0909\u0902\u0921 \u0915\u094d\u0930\u093f\u0915\u0947\u091f \u0938\u094d\u091f\u0947\u0921\u093f\u092f\u092e \u092c\u0928\u093e\u0930\u0938 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092c\u0928 \u0915\u0930 \u0924\u0948\u092f\u093e\u0930, \u0935\u094b \u092d\u0940 \u0938\u095c\u0915 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091a\u094b\u0902-\u092c\u0940\u091a ! \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/people\/Mahrukh-Firdaus\/100057643766707\/\">Mahrukh Firdaus<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=266491321948991&amp;id=100057643766707\">Wednesday, 4 August 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>It has been shared on several Facebook pages and groups including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/2183271705232198\/posts\/3716457878580232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Samajwadi Digital Force: Mission 2022<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/357661727657839\/posts\/4200036013420372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arvind Kejriwal Fans Group<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100045187069122\/posts\/371686057680960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gulpham Madhopuri Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-73779 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\/2017-image-of-big-pothole-from-ahmedabad-shared-as-uttar-pradesh\/bc0be530-c92f-4a6f-ab6d-91e7019967d3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"653\" height=\"662\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/bc0be530-c92f-4a6f-ab6d-91e7019967d3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/bc0be530-c92f-4a6f-ab6d-91e7019967d3.jpg 653w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/bc0be530-c92f-4a6f-ab6d-91e7019967d3-296x300.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 653px) 100vw, 653px\" \/><\/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\/2017-image-of-big-pothole-from-ahmedabad-shared-as-uttar-pradesh\/db704dba-7026-421d-a899-f917eed1948d\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"655\" height=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/db704dba-7026-421d-a899-f917eed1948d.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/db704dba-7026-421d-a899-f917eed1948d.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/db704dba-7026-421d-a899-f917eed1948d-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/2017-image-of-big-pothole-from-ahmedabad-shared-as-uttar-pradesh\/27d3be0e-3eab-4490-9d97-49df63d53dbf\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/27d3be0e-3eab-4490-9d97-49df63d53dbf.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/27d3be0e-3eab-4490-9d97-49df63d53dbf.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/27d3be0e-3eab-4490-9d97-49df63d53dbf-300x292.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The same image was shared last year by Rajesh SP, affiliated with the Samajwadi Party. His post had been retweeted 150 times (<a href=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/xjLfG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link to the tweet<\/a>). Rajesh had also shared this image on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=146717590392654&amp;id=100051632408544\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">his Facebook account<\/a> claiming this is from UP.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"hi\">\u0926\u0941\u0928\u093f\u092f\u093e \u0915\u093e \u092a\u0939\u0932\u093e \u0907\u0902\u091f\u0930\u0928\u0947\u0936\u0928\u0932 \u0905\u0902\u0921\u0930\u0917\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0909\u0902\u0921 \u0915\u094d\u0930\u093f\u0915\u0947\u091f \u0938\u094d\u091f\u0947\u0921\u093f\u092f\u092e \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092e\u0947&#8230; \u091c\u0940 \u0939\u093e\u0902 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u0915\u094d\u092f\u094b\u091f\u094b \u0936\u0939\u0930 \u092e\u0947 \u092a\u0939\u0932\u093e \u0907\u0902\u091f\u0930\u0928\u0947\u0936\u0928\u0932 \u0905\u0902\u0921\u0930\u0917\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0909\u0902\u0921 \u0915\u094d\u0930\u093f\u0915\u0947\u091f \u0938\u094d\u091f\u0947\u0921\u093f\u092f\u092e \u0938\u0921\u093c\u0915 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0940\u091a\u094b\u0902-\u092c\u0940\u091a \u0938\u094d\u0925\u093f\u0924&#8230; \u0906\u0926\u0930\u0923\u0940\u092f \u0936\u094d\u0930\u0940 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yadavakhilesh?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@yadavakhilesh<\/a> \u091c\u0940 \u0915\u094b \u0907\u0938 \u092e\u093e\u092e\u0932\u0947 \u092c\u093e\u092c\u093e\u091c\u0940 \u092a\u0940\u091b\u0947 \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u090f \u0939\u0948\u0902 \ud83e\udd23<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A2%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u0917\u0922\u094d\u0922\u093e\u092f\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0924_\u092f\u0942\u092a\u0940<\/a> \u092c\u093e\u092c\u093e \u0928\u0947 13027cr. BJP \u0932\u0942\u091f\u0940 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gIAfIyUp32\">pic.twitter.com\/gIAfIyUp32<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rajesh SP (@ARajesh_SP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARajesh_SP\/status\/1293231550708871168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 11, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A Facebook page by the name of &#8216;Naye Bharat ki Buland Awaz&#8217;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/1944995915597939\/photos\/a.1945008885596642\/2993032434127610\/?type=3&amp;__xts__%5b0%5d=68.ARClCJ_NsL0wm7Xw16ATygVEJbpxapsCuVdUBG4tK3BUcKXCxTh9pV7Kmy5PYONVS5HtK4WTD3zxRYOL4OiYTgcvadLJRIBdVQuzWMqM5dlaAVnKxAlSOmy2YYCjJWtEdl3wOiB7XQAWbqjsrVtqi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0posted the image<\/a> claiming that it showed Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"630\" class=\"wp-image-73782 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/road-jpg.jpeg\" alt=\"road.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/road-jpg.jpeg 602w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/road-jpg-287x300.jpeg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The picture is also being shared <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sapa27\/posts\/3296540913786646\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">in the form of a graphic<\/a>. Its caption states, \u201cThe world\u2019s biggest underground stadium is now ready in Varanasi, that too in the middle of the street.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73786 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/117748275_3296540830453321_4799638390585031445_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/117748275_3296540830453321_4799638390585031445_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/117748275_3296540830453321_4799638390585031445_n-294x300.jpg 294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A few other users shared the image on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE%20%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%B6%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%B2%20%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%25A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/search\/photos\/?q=%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%97%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%20%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F%20%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%A1%25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a> claiming that it was taken in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>After doing a reverse image search, we found that the original image of the sinkhole had been uploaded on July 29, 2017. Sanjeev Bhatt, a former IPS officer from Gujarat, had tweeted the image writing that it was taken in Ahmedabad. Apart from this, Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SanjayAzadSln\/status\/891272540819206145\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">had also tweeted this image<\/a> that same day. Divya Spandana <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/divyaspandana\/status\/894536369636204544\">had shared the image<\/a> on August 7, 2017, stating that it was from Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This morning&#8217;s pictures from the smart city of Ahmedabad. \ud83d\ude42 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VXislkEkZr\">pic.twitter.com\/VXislkEkZr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sanjiv Bhatt (IPS) (@sanjivbhatt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sanjivbhatt\/status\/891172406772899840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A signboard with the letters &#8216;AMC&#8217; can be spotted near the sinkhole. &#8216;AMC&#8217; stands for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation. Apart from this, the word &#8216;danger&#8217; is also written in Gujarati right above it on the same sign.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"507\" class=\"wp-image-73785 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/https-i2-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-2.jpeg\" alt=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/hindi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/DF4UgXPUIAAQppJ.jpg?resize=678%2C507&amp;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/https-i2-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-2.jpeg 678w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/https-i2-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/https-i2-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-2-74x55.jpeg 74w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/https-i2-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-2-111x83.jpeg 111w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/08\/https-i2-wp-com-www-altnews-in-hindi-wp-content-1-2-215x161.jpeg 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In July 2017, the state of the roadways in Ahmedabad had worsened considerably due to heavy rain. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hYh2Bj27IOw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">In a video report dated July 23, 2017<\/a>, The Times of India had reported on the poor condition of the roads in the Vastrapur-IIM area of the city. A local media organisation named VTV Gujarat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9YB2soBGsiM&amp;t=1s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">had also shared a report<\/a> on the condition of the roads. On June 2 2018, Hindi daily Jagran shared a fact-check report on the same photo. It was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jagran.com\/news\/national-dont-believe-on-social-media-blindly-jagran-special-18270278.html\">being shared as an image of roads in Varanasi <\/a>back then as well.<\/p>\n<p>Alongside the sinkhole, the image of the stadium Rajesh SP had shared was of <a href=\"https:\/\/khabar.ndtv.com\/news\/uttar-pradesh\/bharat-ratna-atal-bihari-vajpayee-ekana-cricket-stadium-inaugrated-by-up-cm-yogi-adityanath-1943530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium in Lucknow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A picture taken in the city of Ahmedabad after heavy rains in July 2017 was circulated online with the false claim that it showed the dilapidated condition of the roads in Varanasi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A picture of a giant sinkhole in the middle of a road is being shared on social media with the claim that it is from the city of Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh. Mahrukh Firdaus sarcastically wrote this is the first &#8216;underground&#8217; cricket stadium. 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