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      Video From China Viral As Vehicles Driving On Potholed Mumbai Roads

      BOOM found that the video is from China and not India.

      By -  Anmol Alphonso
      Published -  7 Aug 2020 6:41 PM IST
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      Video From China Viral As Vehicles Driving On Potholed Mumbai Roads
      CLAIMA video showing vehicles driving over a massive pothole is being shared on social media with the false claim that it was filmed in Mumbai.
      FACT CHECKBOOM found that the video is from China, not Mumbai. The video features Chinese billboards, left-hand driving (which is not used in India), and a truck from Jiangling Motors, a Chinese company. The video has been wrongly linked to Mumbai's civic issues after heavy rainfall.

      A video of vehicles driving over a massive pothole on the has been falsely shared as Mumbai. BOOM analysed the clip and found that the video is from China and not India.

      In the 30 second clip, one can see several cars and trucks drive by with difficulty over the huge pothole on a busy street.

      The video is viral after Mumbai recorded heavy rainfall with several parts of the city reporting flooding and waterlogging.

      Also Read: Mumbai Rains: Two Dead As Heavy Rain, Wind Batter City

      The clip is being shared taking a jibe at Mumbai's civic body Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) with the caption, "Vehicle suspension testing machine installed successfully by #BMC in #Mumbai."

      #WhatsApp Forward
      Vehicle suspension testing machine installed successfully by #BMC in #Mumbai 🤣🤣#mumbaifloods pic.twitter.com/veyAhdcqNF

      — CA Amit Jain (@amitakjain) August 6, 2020

      Click here to view, and here for an archive.

      #आमची_मुंबई, काय महणतात भेजा काय

      को खाने का, खड्डे में से गाड़ी मस्त उड़ाने का...

      रोहित शेट्टी से stunt सिख के आयेला भिडू😂

      Vehicle suspension testing machine installed successfully by BMC in #MUMBAI 😂👇 pic.twitter.com/tlEspNjHBM

      — G B MUTHA (@GBMUTHA1) August 6, 2020

      Click here to view, and here for an archive.

      Viral on Facebook

      We found that the viral clip was being shared with the false caption.

      Click here to view, and here for an archive.

      Also Read: Video Of Boy Rescued From Open Drain In Pakistan Viral As Mumbai

      FACT-CHECK

      We broke the video into key-frames and ran a reverse image search using Google, which showed results results for multiple Chinese websites saying the video shows a road in China.

      Same video on LiveLeak

      Click here to view

      Taking a hint from this we searched with the keywords, 'potholes on Chinese road' on YouTube and found a video uploaded on LiveLeak dated July 12, 2020.

      A Google search with the characters that appear on the bottom right corner of the video '小强兄弟 123', we found a longer video 1.54 minutes. This longer version of the video was uploaded on June 16, 2020, on Bilibili, a Chinese video sharing site.

      The video caption when translated reads, "Record how many cars have passed by leveling the earth? ? Everyone pay attention to safety when driving."


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      Visual Cues

      We analysed the longer version of the clip and found that video is not from Mumbai or even India.

      1) Chinese Shop billboards


      We noticed that the shop billboards present in the background had Chinese characters. We used Google's translation app which recognised the language as Chinese.

      2) Jiangling Motors Vehicle


      At the 1.30 minute counter in the video, a white truck passes by with 'JMC' written on it. A search showed that JMC stands for Jiangling Motors Corporation Limited (JMC) a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Jiangxi, China.

      3) Driving on the right side of the road.

      Additionally, in the video one can spot left hand side driving in the vehicle unlike India, which has right hand driving rules. This means that in the video the steering wheel can be seen on the left side in the vehicles, whereas in India it is on the right side.

      We could not independently verify the origin of the video, however, we could establish that the viral clip is not from Mumbai as being falsely claimed.

      BOOM previously debunked a video of a young boy being rescued from an open drain filled with rainwater in Karachi, Pakistan which was being falsely shared as an incident in Dongri, Mumbai.


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      Fake NewsFact CheckIndiaMumbaiPotholesPothole roadChineseBMCBrihanmumbai Municipal CorporationRainsMumbai rainsfloodChina
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      Claim :   Video shows vehicles driving on a potholed road in Mumbai
      Claimed By :  Facebook Posts
      Fact Check :  False
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