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DeTect: Photos from West Bengal shared as Lucknow’s potholes

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DeTect: Photos from West Bengal shared as Lucknow’s potholes
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Last week, the Lucknow edition of a Hindi daily, published four images showing the condition of city roads. A person wearing a helmet can be seen sitting on pothole-ridden roads. In response to the tweet, some people tweeted a screenshot of an Instagram post where it was claimed that the images were from Bilaspur, a city in Chattisgarh. With a reverse image search, Alt News found the same images posted on October 14, 2019. Here, the images were said to be from West Bengal.

First published on www.altnews.in

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