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  • Fact Check: This claim about Kolkata is just hot air India Today's Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the viral photograph is not of Kolkata's Paribesh Bhawan. Listen to Story India Today Fact Check The image is from Singapore and not Kolkata. A picture of a wall studded to the max with air conditioner units is grabbing many eyeballs on social media. It is being claimed that the wall is of 'Paribesh Bhawan' building in Kolkata. Paribesh Bhawan is the name of the building of the West Bengal Pollution Control Board. India Today's Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the viral photograph is not of Kolkata's Paribesh Bhawan. It was clicked in Singapore in 2009. The archived version of the story can be seen here. Among others, Facebook user 'Bijay Nandy' posted the photo with the caption: "This is a wall of Paribesh Bhawan building (Kolkata)... and they are so worried about environmental change and environment..." To verify the claim attached to the post, we reverse-searched the photo. We found that this image has no link with Paribesh Bhawan in Kolkata. It was clicked in Singapore. We found a media report featuring the viral photo, published on December 11, 2009. The caption attached to the image reads: "Rows of air conditioners are seen on the walls of a building in Singapore's financial district." The photo was clicked in 2009 by Vivek Prakash, a photojournalist with Reuters. One can see the images of Kolkata's Paribesh Bhawan on Google Maps. It is clear that the viral photo is not of Paribesh Bhawan in Kolkata but of a building in Singapore. Please share it on our at 73 7000 7000 You can also send us an email at factcheck@intoday.com
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