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This video is of a mock drill organized at Lalgarh Yard, Bikaner, in which disaster management and rescue operations were practiced by simulating a railway accident.
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What is the claim?
A video is going viral on social media describing the train accident that took place near Lalgarh railway station in Bikaner, Rajasthan. In the video, a train bogie is seen derailing and climbing on top of another bogie, and many rescue workers are seen engaged in rescue work.
A user posted the video on He has come out!! And our Reel Minister Prime Minister is busy in the elections of two states. Archive version of post Here See. Other posts shared with similar claims Here, Here And Here Can be seen.
Screenshots of viral posts. (Source: X/Screenshot)
However, our investigation revealed that the video is actually of a mock drill organized by the Railway Department at Lalgarh station yard in Bikaner division and not of the actual accident.
what the FAC?
Reverse image searching of the keyframes of the viral video yielded several news reports which confirmed that the video depicts a mock drill exercise conducted at Lalgarh station yard in Bikaner division.
one such video us 24 news rajasthan (archive Here)’s YouTube channel, which was uploaded on November 14, 2024. Its title was- ‘Tragic train collision at Bikaner railway station! Mock Drill,’ which confirms that both the videos relate to the same incident.
Comparison of 24 News Rajasthan video (timestamp 0:23 sec) and viral video. (Source: YouTube/24 News Rajasthan/X/Screenshot)
Prabhat News, Bhaskar And IANS (archive Here And Here) in videos uploaded by news outlets have also described the incident as a mock drill by the railway department.
magazine According to a report, a train accident was simulated in the exercise to test the preparedness of the rescue teams. It consisted of two rail coaches, one of which was partially placed on top of the other. The exercise lasted for more than two hours and involved teams from State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF), National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF), health administration and other civil rescue agencies.
Bhupesh Yadav, senior DCM of Bikaner division of North Western Railway, confirmed to Logically Facts that no actual injuries occurred during the exercise.
Moreover, the official X account of North Western Railway has Post “Joint disaster management exercise was conducted by Railways, NDRF, SDRF and other agencies at Lalgarh station yard of Bikaner division,” it said.
On November 15, 2024, another Post included a screenshot of a news report clarifying that the incident was a mock drill exercise (archive Here And Here,
Screenshot of North Western Railway’s post. (Source:X/Screenshot)
decision
The video claiming to show a train collision near Lalgarh railway station in Bikaner actually shows a mock drill conducted by the railway administration to evaluate the readiness of rescue teams in response to train accidents.
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