Photo of Thailand highway falsely shared as newly-built Mumbai-Nagpur expressway
A graphic featuring a photo of a highway is being shared with the claim that it shows the newly built Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway.
By Md Mahfooz Alam Published on 8 Dec 2022 1:48 PM GMT
Hyderabad: A graphic featuring a photo of a highway is being shared with the claim that it shows the newly built Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway. The graphic also features a photo of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
The claim comes after Mr. Fadnavis announced on 3 December that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway in Nagpur on 11 December.
A Facebook page shared the graphic and wrote, "The Mumbai-Nagpur Samriddhi Expressway, the dream project of Devendra Fadnavis, has finally been completed and will be inaugurated by PM Modi." (Translated)
Several other Facebook users shared the image with the same claim. (Click here, here, and here to see the posts.)
Fact Check
NewsMeter performed a reverse image search of the photo of the highway used in the graphic using Google Lens and found the original photo on the stock image site Shutterstock. According to the caption, it shows an aerial view of the interchange expressway in Thailand.
We also found a timelapse video of the expressway showing the movement of vehicles on Shutterstock and Adobe Stock. On both websites, the video is captioned, "Time-lapse aerial view above of circus road traffic cars in Bangkok, Thailand (sic)."
Further, we compared the viral photo of the highway with the Shutterstock photo and found many similarities.
It is evident that the viral graphic does not show the newly-built Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway. Hence, the claim is false.
The latest visuals of the Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway can be seen in these video reports by BBC, ABP Majha, and Autocar India.
