A picture of an elderly mine worker appearing utterly helpless went viral on social media. However, An X handler named Harsh Chhikara shared the viral picture on X and wrote, What is the benefit of reaching the moon? If you can’t reach the workers stuck in the tunnel for 10-15 days?
चांद पर पहुंचने से क्या फायदा?
— Harsh Chhikara (@imharshchhikara) November 26, 2023
यदि आप 10-15 दिनों तक सुरंग में फंसे मजदूरों तक नहीं पहुंच सकते? @AmitShah @BJP4India @cmohry @mlkhattar @PMOIndia @RahulGandhi pic.twitter.com/3GUyzxdtmH
Jansatta Loktantrik party leader Dr. Brijesh Singh Rawat also shared the viral picture and wrote, What is the benefit of reaching the moon? If you can’t reach the workers stuck in the tunnel for 10-15 days?
चांद पर पहुंचने से क्या फायदा?
— Dr Brijesh singh Rajawat (@DrBrijeshsinghJ) November 24, 2023
यदि आप 10-15 दिनों तक सुरंग में फंसे मजदूरों तक नहीं पहुंच सकते?
महादेव
अब आप कृपा करें
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Apart from this, X users named kailash Verma, Mohd Taimour Chauhan, and Rohit Agarwal also shared the viral picture and made similar claims.
चाँद पर पहुंचने से क्या फायदा जब आप 10-15 दिन से सुरंग मे फसे मजदूरों तक नहीं पहुंच सकते.. pic.twitter.com/76XNkffdsq
— Kailash Verma (@Kailash54033442) November 26, 2023
चांद पर पहुंचने से क्या फायदा?
— Mohd Taimour Chauhan (@TaimourChauhan) November 27, 2023
यदि आप 10-15 दिनों तक सुरंग में फंसे मजदूरों तक नहीं पहुंच सकते ?..? pic.twitter.com/WBPqfV4QuE
यदि हम 15 दिन से फांसे मजदूर तक नहीं पहुंच पा रहे हैं, तो चांद पर पहुंचने का क्या फायदा…#उत्तराखंड pic.twitter.com/toYGmv7JY2
— Rohit Agarwal (@rohitagarwal850) November 25, 2023
It is clear from all the above tweets that they are trying to suggest that the picture of an old helpless miner is from the Uttarkashi tunnel.
So, is it true that the picture of an elderly helpless miner is really from the Uttarkashi tunnel? Let’s Fact Check.
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Fact Check
In our investigative journey, our initial step involved conducting a thorough reverse image search of the viral picture to verify its authenticity. Amidst this process, an intriguing discovery surfaced. We stumbled upon a Quora post dating back to 2019, bearing a poignant question: “Can you share such photos that makes you cry?”
Within the replies to this heartfelt query, a user named Rafeeque Khan shared a picture that caught our immediate attention—it bore an astonishing resemblance to the viral picture we were diligently scrutinizing.
Continuing our investigation, we encountered yet another Facebook page called “Qasem Sultani.” On this page, a post from May 2019 featured the very same image of the elderly, helpless miner as our viral picture. Intriguingly, the caption accompanying this picture reads, “The most painful picture, the story of the forty years of the Great War.”
As our investigation progressed, we stumbled upon a Facebook page titled “Native Facebook.” Surprisingly, this page posted an identical picture of the elder mine worker on September 20, 2020, accompanied by the caption “Hard-working and Harassed Father.”
However, despite our efforts, the original source of the viral picture remains elusive. However, the compelling evidence we’ve gathered unequivocally suggests that the image of the elderly miner isn’t linked to the purported Uttarkashi tunnel incident, as widely claimed. Through the multiple instances we’ve uncovered—various postings on platforms dating back to different years—it’s evident that this picture predates the Uttarkashi events over the years.
Hence, all this information and evidence proves that the viral image of an old helpless mine worker has nothing to do with the miners stuck in the Uttarkashi tunnel.
| Claim | The picture of an elderly helpless mine worker is from the Uttarkashi tunnel |
| Claimed by | Harsh Chikkara, Dr. Brijesh Singh Rajput, Kailash Verma, Mohd Taimour, Chauhan, Rohit Agarwal, etc |
| Fact Check | Misleading |
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