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A video of Andhra Pradesh's Srisailam Dam discharging water from its open gates was falsely shared as from Tripura amid Bangladesh floods.
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India Today Fact Check
This video is not from Tripura, but of Andhra Pradesh’s Srisailam Dam discharging water from its gates.
As Bangladesh recovers from weeks of political turmoil and loss of lives due to violence, floodwaters inundated the country’s eastern region, affecting some 4.5 million people. Simultaneously, heavy rain triggered landslides and floods in India’s northeastern state of Tripura, forcing 65,000 people out of their homes.
While floods affected both countries, the disaster also stirred a political controversy as Bangladesh accused India of causing sudden floods by opening a river dam in Tripura.
Now, a video is going viral on social media in which a huge amount of water is gushing out of a dam, as people look from a distance. Many shared the clip, claiming it showed Tripura’s Dumbur dam on the Gumti River.
One person shared the clip on Facebook and wrote, “Status of Dambu Hydroelectric Power Project or Dambu Gate in Tripura, India. May Allah protect us from this terrible situation.”
India Today Fact Check, however, found that this video is not from Tripura. It showed Andhra Pradesh’s Srisailam Dam discharging water from its floodgates.
OUR PROBE
Reverse searching keyframes from the viral clip led us to similar videos of the dam gushing out water, uploaded by multiple YouTube channels in August this year. According to their description, this was Srisailam Dam.
The Srisailam Dam is constructed across the Krishna River on the border of Mahabubnagar District of Telangana and Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh.
We then went on Google Maps and looked for photos of the Srisailam Dam. A comparison between them and the dam seen in the viral video confirmed that they are the same.
Further searches led us to multiple media reports about the opening of the gates of Srisailam dam. According to the reports, 10 out of the total 12 gates of the Srisailam Dam were opened on July 30 this year, attracting tourists in large numbers. 25 personnel were deployed on both sides of the ghat road to regulate the traffic. 3.59 lakh cusecs of water was reportedly released downstream, into the Nagarjuna Sagar.
Per reports, the gates of the Srisailam dam were closed on August 12 as the rains stopped in Maharashtra and Karnataka and the inflows into the dam receded.
A video of tourists capturing selfies as the Srisailam dam gushed out water from its gates was shared by a Telugu media outlet on July 31.
Notably, the Ministry of External Affairs issued a press release on August 22, clarifying that the floods in Bangladesh were not triggered by release of water from the Dumbur dam in Tripura. Instead, the catchment areas of the Gumti River, which flow through Bangladesh as well as India, witnessed the heaviest rains of this year, primarily causing floods.
Further, Tripura Power Minister Ratan Lal Nath tweeted that no floodgates had been opened. However, excess water from the Gumti reservoir escaped through a spillway as it crossed the 94-m full capacity mark.
It is thus, clear that a video of Andhra Pradesh’s Srisailam Dam was falsely shared as from Tripura, implicating India of causing floods in Bangladesh.
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