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A video showing the stunning interior works of an airport is going viral on social media. Those sharing the video claimed that this was shot at an airport in Arunachal Pradesh, when it is actually in Bengaluru.
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This video is from the newly constructed Terminal 2 of Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport. It will be inaugurated on November 11.
A video showing the stunning interior works of an airport is going viral on social media. Those sharing the video claimed that this was shot at an airport in Arunachal Pradesh, which is largely made of bamboo.
AFWA found that the video is from Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, not Arunachal Pradesh.
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Under one of the viral posts, people pointed out that the visuals were from the Bengaluru airport. Taking a cue from this, we ran a keyword search on Twitter and found a video with similar visuals tweeted by Karnataka’s Health Minister Dr. Sudhakar K on October 18.
Per his tweet, the video was shot at the new Terminal 2 of Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport, which is to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on November 11.
Do have a look at the beautiful Terminal-2 of the Kempegowda International Airport set to be inaugurated by PM Sri @narendramodi on 11th November.
Billed as the garden terminal, Terminal-2 has been designed and developed to showcase the ethos of Namma Bengaluru as a garden city. pic.twitter.com/yxWymVAYaf — Dr Sudhakar K (@mla_sudhakar) October 18, 2022
Images from the new terminal were also tweeted by ANI on November 9.
Karnataka | PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate Terminal 2 of Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, built at a cost of around Rs 5000 crores, on Nov 11.
T2 is designed as a tribute to the Garden city of Bengaluru; passenger experience is meant to be a “walk in the garden”. pic.twitter.com/0bFyyt7n1G — ANI (@ANI) November 9, 2022
As per reports, Terminal 2 of the Bengaluru airport was constructed at a cost of Rs. 5,000 crore. As a tribute to the Garden City, the terminal also contains a heritage theme park in an area covering 23 acres. A 108 feet tall bronze statue of Nadaprabhu Kempegowda, the founder of Bengaluru city, is also part of the new project.
Meanwhile, the first airport in Arunachal Pradesh’s Itanagar, Donyi Polo Airport is soon to become operational. As per an Airport Authority of India tweet from November 8, the airport has a huge entrance made up of bamboo and it showcases the shape of the state bird, the Great Hornbill.
The construction work of Donyi Polo Airport, Itanagar @aaihollongi is completed and the airport will soon commence flight operations. The huge state-of-the-art entry gate at the airport is built up of bamboo showcasing the shape of the state bird- the Great Hornbill. pic.twitter.com/UTzmBwtudl — Airports Authority of India (@AAI_Official) November 8, 2022
However, the video in question is from Terminal 2 of the Bengaluru airport, not Arunachal Pradesh.
(With inputs from Ashish Kumar)
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