Fact Check: Hyderabad ORR has multi-level roads, flyover through building? No, image is AI-generated
An image showing multi-level roads, roundabouts amid high-rises and a flyover through a building, has gone viral as the glory of Hyderabad’s Ring Road is captured on camera.
By K Sherly Sharon Published on 20 Feb 2025 4:04 PM IST
Claim: The image shows Hyderabad ORR with multi-level roads, flyover through a building and junctions amid high-rise buildings.
Fact: The claim is false. The image was generated using Artificial Intelligence.
Hyderabad: An image showing many roads and junctions is going viral on social media with the claim that it shows Hyderabad’s ‘ring road’. The supposedly ‘largest ring road in the country’ in the image is made up of multi-level roads, a flyover that goes through a building, roundabouts and junctions surrounding high-rise buildings.
A Facebook user shared the image with the caption, “Hyderabad, India, has a 156-kilometer-long ring road, which is the largest ring road in the country.” (Archive)
Similar claims can be found here and here. (Archive 1 and Archive 2)
Fact Check
NewsMeter found that the claim is false. The viral image was generated using Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Hyderabad Outer Ring Road (ORR), also known as the Nehru Outer Ring Road, is a 158-km-long expressway the longest of its kind in the country currently.
Using keyword searches, we found various images and videos of the Hyderabad ORR. We also found drone footage of the Nehru ORR on YouTube, uploaded on June 17, 2021, that showed multi-level traffic paths with roundabouts.
We found that the video shows the roundabout and the flyover near the "Toll Booth Bengaluru Highway ORR Exit (Exit 16)".
These images and videos of Hyderabad ORR do not resemble the structures in the viral image. The central roundabout in the viral image is not present anywhere on Hyderabad ORR.
Further, upon close inspection of the viral image, we found many visual anomalies common among AI-generated images: roads and junctions ending abruptly leading to dead ends and unusual sizes of vehicles and anomalies in the direction of the traffic flow.
Using Hive Moderation, an AI detection tool, we found that the image is 99.9 per cent likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake content. Another AI detection tool, Sight Engine, has confirmed that the image is 99 per cent likely to have been generated using Artificial Intelligence.
Therefore, NewsMeter concludes that the viral claim is false. The image of the Hyderabad ring road is AI-generated.
