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Video claiming to be of Kashedi Tunnel on Mumbai-Goa Highway is originally from Kuthiran Tunnel in Kerala

The video shows a biker riding into a newly constructed tunnel as onlookers cheer. This video is being shared on Facebook and Whatsapp.

By 29 Jun 2022 2:20 PM GMT
Video claiming to be of Kashedi Tunnel on Mumbai-Goa Highway is originally from Kuthiran Tunnel in Kerala

A video of a broad tunnel is in circulation on the social media with the claim that it is the Kashedi Tunnel on Mumbai Goa Highway. The video shows a biker riding into a newly constructed tunnel as onlookers cheer.

This video is being shared on Facebook and Whatsapp.

https://www.facebook.com/sunita.lillywhite/videos/432583958503049

Fact check:

The claim that the video shows Kashedi Tunnel on Mumbai-Goa highway is FALSE.

The keyframes from the video are used to perform Google reverse image search. This search lead us to a youtube video posted by a channel named 'Being Jugadoo' with title – "Coimbatore to Trichur Tunnel Ride. Recently Opened." This video was published in November 2021.


Taking few words from the title, we searched in Google, "Coimbatore to Trichur Tunnel". This resulted in series of websites and youtube links showing the Kuthiran Tunnel road on Thrissur Palakkad NH. The Kuthiran Tunnel is the first road tunnel in Kerala. It is a twin-tube tunnel, with three lanes in each tube, located at Kuthiran in Thrissur district of Kerala. One of the tunnels was opened in August 2021.

https://www.livemint.com/news/india/keralas-first-kuthiran-tunnel-opens-on-one-side-to-improve-tamil-nadu-karnataka-connectivity-11627819150119.html

Here is the video by The News Minute, which shows the Kuthiran Tunnel. The visuals from this video when compared with that of the viral video.


Kuthiran gradient was a major traffic bottleneck narrow pass and an accident spot on the crowded Thrissur-Palakkad stretch of the National Highway 544 (India). On completion of works, both the tunnels reduced the distance between Kochi to Coimbatore by 3 kilometres (1.86 mi) and travel time considerably since the tunnel through the Kuthiran avoids hitherto existed vehicular congestions in traversing through the hills. The works on tunnel took more than a decade to complete due to geological and administrative challenges.

https://www.timesnownews.com/business-economy/industry/article/much-awaited-kuthiran-tunnel-operational-after-gadkari-instructs-to-open-one-side/793293

So, the video in circulation does NOT show Kashedi Tunnel on Mumbai-Goa Highway, it shows Kuthiran Tunnel in Kerala. The claim is FALSE.

Claim :   Video of Kashedi Tunnel on Mumbai-Goa Highway
Claimed By :  Social Media Users
Claim Reviewed By :  Telugupost Network
Claim Source :  Social Media
Fact Check :  False
News Summary - A video of a broad tunnel is in circulation on the social media with the claim that it is the Kashedi Tunnel on Mumbai Goa Highway.
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A motivated professional with a zeal to learn with more than 7 years of experience as a Content and Digital manager in Press, Electronic, and Digital media. Fact checker with more than 4 years of experience in fact checking. Trained by Google News Initiative India Training Network. Fact check trainer, Factshala Trainer, BBC Young Reporter India Trainer and also participated in Trauma literacy training. Worked in Newsmeter.in as a Fact Check Lead from September 2019 to October 2021. Worked as a Freelance Senior Researcher with BBC World Service, Investigations Unit from January 2022 to Aril 2022 and also as Freelance Fact Checker for Newsmeter.in Also Conducting workshops on Fact Checking for various communities including Media students etc. Conducted fact checking workshops for school students as part of pilot project – BBC Young Reporter India in the past few months. Participated in Workshop on Countering Disinformation for Telugu Television Reporters conducted by US Consulate General and Osmania University in 2022 as Trainer. Trained the journalists on several topics of Fact checking such as Types of misinformation, Tools and Techniques of photo and video verification, Geolocation, writing fact checks, Health fact checking etc. Co-authored the first Fact check manual- “How to write Fact-checks” in Telugu language as part of the workshop. Presently working as Fact check lead in Telugupost.com.
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