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India Today found that both videos are from the Ramban district's stretch of the Jammu-Srinagar highway.
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Both videos are from Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district and are old. One is from July 2019, while the other is from April this year.
Unrelenting heavy rains caused flash floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttarakhand. So far, at least 19 people have reportedly been killed across states. All the while, social media has been swept with horrific videos of nature’s fury in the north Indian states. Among these were two videos of landslides.
Doomsday like landslide in Manali, Himachal Pradesh. pic.twitter.com/caBXeZJbug — Sanat (@imsanatk) July 9, 2023
The first video, shared with the words, “Doomsday like landslide in Manali, Himachal Pradesh,” showed gigantic rocks tumbling downhill onto a mountain road.
The second video similarly showed rocks hurtling down a mountain , towards what looks like an under-construction mountain road. People could be seen running for their lives as the rocks crashed. Some claimed this was from Uttarakhand.
India Today found that both videos are old and from Jammu and Kashmir.
Our probe
A reverse search of screenshots from the first video led us to the same clip uploaded to the YouTube channel of The Tribune on July 28, 2019, making it clear that the video was not related to the recent floods and landslides.
According to the title, the video was captured in the Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on the Jammu-Srinagar highway. On July 28, 2019, ABP News also shared the video on its YouTube channel, stating that hundreds of vehicles were stranded on the hills because of landslides.
We then found reports on India Today and AajTak from July 28, 2019, which quoted a traffic police official saying, "Srinagar-Jammu (NH44) national highway, the only road link that connects Kashmir Valley with the rest parts of the country, is closed due to shooting stones between Rambhan-Banihal stretch." The official also said that restoration work on the highway was hampered due to continuous rains and shooting stones.
Reverse-searching keyframes from the second video led us to a Times Now report from April 2, 2023, which featured the same clip. As per the report, this incident took place near the T5 tunnel in the Panthyal area of Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. Although no injuries were reported, the landslide caused heavy traffic jams on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.
A Greater Kashmir report noted that a shooting stone hit an army vehicle, while another stone hit the rear side of a vehicle. No one, however, was reportedly injured.
Thus, it’s clear that neither video shows the current spate of floods and landslides in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
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