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| - Fact Check: 'Desi' version of Hyperloop in Bengaluru? Find the truth behind the viral video here
A video of people driving bikes and scooters through a pipe on the wrong side of a road is going viral. Contrary to what social media users claimed, it was shot in Thane, Maharashtra.
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India Today Fact Check
This video shows people dealing with traffic on a road undergoing pipeline construction in Thane, Maharashtra.
A video making the rounds of social media shows people driving two-wheelers not on the road, but through a cylindrical structure by the side of it. Those sharing the video called this the “desi” version of a Hyperloop — a futuristic mode of transportation that would theoretically allow passengers to travel in pods at over 700 miles an hour inside giant low-pressure tubes.
Sharing the video, many on social media platforms claimed that this video is from Bengaluru’s Bellandur. Archived versions of such posts can be found here and here.
India Today, in its investigation, however, found that this video shows people dealing with traffic on a road undergoing pipeline construction in Thane, Maharashtra.
Our Probe
A reverse search of keyframes from the viral video led us to a news report about Mumbaikars finding an alternative to the Hyperloop. This report carried a screenshot from the video in question. According to the report dated April 27, 2023, bike riders in Thane passed through big pipes kept on the side of a road because of the traffic congestion.
We then noticed a watermark on the viral video — “vishu_bhoir1111”. Using this, we found an Instagram account with the same username that belonged to Vishvajeet R. Bhoir. We found the viral video shared here, with the caption stating that it was shot on Bhiwandi-Kalyan road, Maharashtra.
India Today reached out to Vishwajeet, who told us that he shot this video on April 20, 2023, in Thane, Maharashtra. He wanted to highlight the issue of daily traffic jams on Kalyan Shilphata Road near Desai village because of the ongoing pipeline construction work.
“To avoid traffic, people in the area have resorted to travelling on the wrong side of the road through the huge pipes lying at the side,” added Vishwajeet. He also shot another video from the same area and sent it to us along with its location which can be seen on Google Maps here.
The Saamana e-newspaper and local media outlet Lokmat Kalyan Dombivli also shared the viral video, reporting about the traffic congestion. Thus, it is more than clear, that the viral video has nothing to do with Bengaluru.
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