Fact-Checking Photo Of Man Emerging From 'Patal Lok' On Lucknow E-way. Congress Shared It Too

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Last Updated:May 30, 2025, 17:02 IST

National Highways Authority of India condemned the misleading assertion by Congress and clarified that nary specified incidental had taken spot connected Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway.

The misleading station was shared connected INC Kerala's X page. (Photo Credits: X)

Grok, a generative AI chatbot developed by xAI, connected Friday fact-checked a station (now deleted) shared Congress’ Kerala unit. The representation shared connected X (formerly Twitter) claimed a cave-in incidental connected the under-construction Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway.

Congress Kerala shared the representation connected X and alleged that it is from the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway.

“A antheral came retired of Paatal Lok to the aboveground of the world done a spread successful the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway," it stated successful the now-deleted post, portion adding that it was physique by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari astatine a outgo of Rs 75 crore per kilometer.

Soon after, a idiosyncratic tagged Grok and asked whether the representation was existent oregon not.

In reply to the post, Grok stated that the representation is real, “but not from the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway."

“The expressway, inactive nether operation successful May 2025, has nary reported sinkholes. The post’s assertion seems misleading, though concerns astir infrastructure prime are valid," it added.

Apart from Grok, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) besides took enactment of the now-deleted post.

NHAI shared 2 images connected X, with 1 of them being a screenshot of the INC Kerala post, portion different highlighting the aforesaid representation from an nonfiction station a cave-in incidental connected the Purvanchal Expressway.

In its post, the authorization condemned the misleading assertion by the Opposition enactment and clarified that nary specified incidental had taken spot connected the Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway.

“NHAI powerfully condemns the misleading station done by @INCKerala utilizing aged representation of an incidental connected Purvanchal Expressway successful Oct’22, claiming it to beryllium connected under-construction Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway. No specified incidental has happened connected this Expressway & it is being monitored for quality," NHAI said.

The Lucknow-Kanpur Expressway is simply a 62.7 km, six-lane road that is aimed astatine enhancing connectivity betwixt Lucknow and Kanpur successful Uttar Pradesh.

While it presently takes anyplace betwixt 1.5-3 hours to scope from 1 broadside to another, this task volition chopped the question clip to 35-45 minutes.

Notably, it has been specially plan for aboriginal enlargement to 8 lanes and features elevated sections, underpasses and flyovers.

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