{"id":74397,"date":"2020-09-02T00:23:28","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T18:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=74397"},"modified":"2020-09-02T00:23:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T18:53:28","slug":"images-from-west-bengal-where-a-man-sitting-in-pothole-wearing-helmet-shared-as-uttar-pradesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/images-from-west-bengal-where-a-man-sitting-in-pothole-wearing-helmet-shared-as-uttar-pradesh\/","title":{"rendered":"Amar Ujala publishes old photos from West Bengal as pothole-ridden road in Lucknow"},"content":{"rendered":"

On August 29, Lucknow edition of Amar Ujala, a leading Hindi daily, published four images supposedly showing poor condition of roads in the city. In these images, a person wearing a helmet can be seen posing on pothole-ridden roads. Amar Ujala stated that these images were sent to them by a concerned citizen.<\/p>\n

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UP Congress Committee’s social media vice-chairperson Pankhuri Pathak posted<\/a> two similar-looking images and took a jibe at the ruling BJP government in the state. Pathak had also shared<\/a> the images with the same claim on her Facebook page.<\/p>\n

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\n\u0905\u091a\u094d\u091b\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u0935\u093e\u0932\u0928 \u0915 \u092d\u092f\u0932 \u092c\u0941\u0930\u093e \u0939\u093e\u0932 \u092c\u093e\u0964 #\u0917\u0921\u094d\u0922\u093e_\u092e\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0924_\u0909\u0924\u094d\u0924\u0930\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0926\u0947\u0936<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/rx2GnOJv3v<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Pankhuri Pathak \u092a\u0902\u0916\u0941\u0921\u093c\u0940 \u092a\u093e\u0920\u0915 \u067e\u0646\u06a9\u06be\u0691\u06cc (@pankhuripathak) August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In response to her tweet, some people tweeted a screenshot of an Instagram post where it was claimed that the images were from Bilaspur, a city in Congress-ruled Chattisgarh.<\/p>\n

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This is from Bilaspur,Chhatishgarh and is ruled by Congress. pic.twitter.com\/9dAkvHN8ar<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Chinese Raoul. (@Bawol_Gandhi) August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At the same time, some even claimed these images were from Bihar.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Deepak Rai (@Deepakrai07) August 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fact-check<\/strong><\/h4>\n

With a reverse image search on Russian search engine Yandex, we found the same images posted on a blog (aanavandi.com<\/a>) on October 14, 2019. Here, the images were said to be from West Bengal.<\/p>\n

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In the blog, some more similar images have been posted. One of the images shows a billboard carrying a picture of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee along with Bengali text.<\/p>\n

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Moreover, the image on the blog seems to be a better quality photograph of the one viral on social media. With a closer look at the images, we were able to spot vehicles that bore a number plate beginning with “WB” suggesting that these are vehicles are registered in West Bengal.<\/p>\n