The flooded railway tracks in Mumbai being shared as recent is Misleading
A video is going viral on social media showing railway tracks submerged in rainwater with a train running over them. It is being shared with the claim that the visuals are recent and from Mumbai.
Sharing the video, Hansraj Meena wrote, “Operating a train on tracks submerged in water is playing with passengers’ lives. The railway administration should immediately take notice and stop the train in such a situation. Ensuring safe travel is the primary responsibility of the government and the railway.” (Archived link)
Handle Raghuwanshi stated, “Traveler relies on driver. Driver relies on God. Is the train floating or running?”(Archived link)
The video was also shared by other handles like Mumbai News (Archived link), Narayan Yadav Indori (Archived link), Shrikant (Archived link), Bhaumik M Gowande (Archived link) and Suman (Archived link).
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In our fact check research, we took keyframes from the viral video and found a X post by the handle Vineet Jain, dated July 3, 2019. Here, we found the same video, indicating that the visuals are not from recent rainfall.
Upon further search, we found a YouTube video posted by Vasai Devipujak Samaj on July 18, 2018. At the 1:23 minutes, the same footage appears. According to the video description, the visuals show flooding on the Vasai railway tracks.
The same video was also posted by another handle on July 13, 2018 with a caption, “Heavy water on railway track between Nalasopara or Vasai road Mumbai.”
In conclusion, the video showing railway tracks submerged in rainwater is not recent. It dates back to July 2018, when the Vasai-Nalasopara railway tracks in Mumbai were flooded due to heavy rainfall.
| Claim | Due to heavy rainfall, the railway tracks in Mumbai were submerged in flood water. |
| Claimed by | Hansraj Meena, Mumbai News, and others. |
| Fact Check | This video is not recent; it dates back to July 2018, when heavy rainfall led to waterlogging on the railway tracks in the Vasai-Nalasopara area of Mumbai. |
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