Fact check: The viral image of this precarious bridge comes from Bangladesh, not India

A picture showing a bridge in significant deterioration with ironwork exposed has gone viral on social media. Many users who claim the image is from India have compared it to China's infrastructure development.

The image is shared with the caption: “China has a glass bridge, and here we have a lattice bridge. How can we even compare?”

Similar claims can be seen here, here and here. (archive link)

FACT CHECK

NewsMobile verified the claim and determined it was fake.

Performing a reverse image search of the viral video keyframes that NM The team discovered several Bangladeshi media outlets, including Mzamin, Kaler Kantho and Dainik Bayyano, carrying the same image from June 2024.

According to a report by Dainik BayyanoThe bridge – Tepura River Bridge – is located in Champapur Union of Kalapara, Patuakhali. It shows the bridge in a severely dilapidated state, with cast iron bars collapsed on both sides. And many people also had accidents while trying to cross this bridge.

We also found a Facebook post from the group Deshi Biker, which shared the same picture and attributed it to a Facebook user Jitu Sarker. To our surprise, Sarker identified the bridge's location as “Barisal, Bangladesh” in his June 24 Facebook post.