A video is going viral on social media in which a girl wearing a school uniform is crossing a river using a pulley. This video is being shared with the claim that this video is from India and in the absence of basic facilities like bridges, students are risking their lives by crossing the river to access education.
Sharing the video, the handle Aafrin wrote, “The most critical issue of the country, education, is being suppressed as Sanghi-BJP work together day and night to fuel Hindu-Muslim tensions.” (archived link)
देश की सबसे जरूरी मुद्दा शिक्षा को दबाने के लिए संघी–भाजपा मिलकर रात दिन हिंदू मुस्लिम करते हैं। pic.twitter.com/V7czigpahs
— Aafrin (@Aafrin7866) July 2, 2025
The video was also shared by other handles like Bittu Sharma (archived link), Junaid Sheikh (archived link) and Dinesh Bhardwaj (archived link) with the same claim.
विश्व की 4 नंबर की इकॉनमी…
— BITTU SHARMA- بٹو شرما (@CommonBS786OM) July 5, 2025
उत्तराखंड के मुनस्यारी का एक साल पहले रिकॉर्ड किया वीडियो..
अब भी हालात बदल थोड़ा गए होंगे?? pic.twitter.com/fZthNvg4B7
देश की सबसे जरूरी मुद्दा शिक्षा को दबाने के लिए संघी–भाजपा मिलकर रात दिन हिंदू मुस्लिम करते हैं।#schoolfight #schoolstudunt#BJPFailsIndia pic.twitter.com/O3mDSxvNq0
— junaid sheikh (@junaids68253676) July 3, 2025
देश की सबसे जरूरी मुद्दा शिक्षा को दबाने के लिए संघी–भाजपा मिलकर रात दिन हिंदू मुस्लिम करते हैं। pic.twitter.com/2TnCadDuNV
— Dinesh Bhardwaj (@bhardwaj2509) July 3, 2025
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Fact Check
In our fact check research, we extracted keyframes from the viral video and ran a reverse image search. During this, we found a report by Zona Cero dated June 15, 2022. In this report, we found the same keyframe from the viral video.
According to the report, the video of students crossing a river using a pulley system is from Colombia. It was recorded in the Puerto Mosquito neighborhood of rural Santa Marta, where school-going children had to cross the Gaira River this way every day. After the video reached the mayor of Santa Marta, it prompted swift action, and steps were taken to build a bridge to address the issue.
In conclusion, the 2022 video of a girl risking her life by crossing a river to attend school is from Puerto Mosquito, Colombia. It has been falsely attributed to India to suggest that it highlights a major safety and infrastructure issue here.
| Claim | Due to the lack of infrastructure facilities such as bridges in India, students are forced to risk their lives by crossing rivers to attend school. |
| Claimed by | Aafrin and others |
| Fact Check | This video is from 2022, in Puerto Mosquito, Colombia, where children had to cross the Gaira River to reach school. |
