Fact Check: No, this is not the video of Maha's Koyna dam overflowing
Around 200 people lost their lives during the recent flood in Maharashtra. Following this, about 10,000 cusecs of water was discharged from the Koyna dam. Social media users are now sharing a video of an overflowing dam with the claim that it is the Koyna dam.
By Misha Rajani Published on
1 Aug 2021 4:07 AM GMT

Hyderabad: Around 200 people lost their lives during the recent flood in Maharashtra. Following this, about 10,000 cusecs of water was discharged from the Koyna dam. Social media users are now sharing a video of an overflowing dam with the claim that it is the Koyna dam.
Netizens are sharing this video with hashtags like '#MaharashtraFloods' and '#MaharashtraRains'. The caption reads, "Koyna Dam - One Of The Largest Dams In Maharashtra, India Overflowing (sic)."
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Fact Check
The claim is false.
NewsMeter performed a reverse search of the image on Yandex and found a video on Instagram from 2019. The post said the video was from China. A Facebook user, too, had posted the video in 2018 and said it showed the Xiaolangdi dam built on the Yellow river in Jiyuan city in the northwestern Henan province in China. As the viral video has been on the Internet since 2018, it is clear that it is not linked to the recent Maharashtra floods.
Claim Review:Video of overflowing Koyna dam in Maharashtra after recent floods.
Claimed By:Social Media Users
Claim Reviewed By:NewsMeter
Claim Source:Social Media
Claim Fact Check:False
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