Fact Check: Video showing Kempegowda airport Terminal-2 FALSELY claimed as Donyi Polo airport in Itanagar
few users shared the video with the caption “Itanagar Airport in #Arunachal Pradesh, made of #Bamboos. Will be inaugurated by PM Modi. Explore India with us.#IncredibleIndia #unique_and_brilliant”
A video showing a beautifully decorated airport is shared as the Arunachal airport. A few users shared the video with the caption "Itanagar Airport in #Arunachal Pradesh, made of #Bamboos. Will be inaugurated by PM Modi. Explore India with us.#IncredibleIndia #unique_
A few others shared the video with the caption "No!! This is not any European Airport!! ARUNACHAL PRADESH HAS ADDED THIS AIRPORT TO NATIONAL ASSETS...mostly made from *Bamboo*. It will be dedicated to the Nation by our PM Modi shortly. This is New BHARAT.... #AmazingBharat"
Fact check:
The claim is FALSE. The video does not show Donyi Polo airport in Arunachal Pradesh, it shows the swanky Terminal 2 of Bengaluru Kempegowda International Airport.
When we searched the keyframes extracted from the video, we found the same images in news reports mentioning about terminal 2 of the Kempegowda airport, which was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on November 11, 2022.
Here is the tweet by PIB which shows visuals similar to that in the viral video.
According to an NDTV report, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new terminal of Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport today. Terminal-2 (T-2) of the international airport has incorporated the concept of a "Terminal-in-a-garden", a first of its kind.
Even this news report also has a video with similar visuals as in the viral video.
Here is another report by India Today giving the first look of the Bengaluru airport.
Meanwhile, the Airport Authority of India tweeted on November 8, 2022, that The construction work of Donyi Polo Airport, Itanagar @aaihollongi is completed and the airport will soon commence flight operations. The enormous state-of-the-art entry gate at the airport is built up of bamboo showcasing the shape of the state bird- the Great Hornbill.
Therefore, the viral video does not show the airport in Arunachal, it shows Terminal 2 of Kempegowda airport in Bengaluru inaugurated recently by the Indian PM. The claim is FALSE.