A video is being shared on social media claiming it as the visuals of tourists turning back from Himachal Pradesh after the landslide tragedy in Kinnaur. The video shows thousands of vehicles stuck in a heavy traffic jam. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of tourists in Himachal Pradesh struck in a traffic jam while returning.
Fact: This video shows a heavy traffic jam that took place recently in Pakistan. Celebrating the occasion of Eid-ul-Adha, thousands of tourists visited the Kaghan valley in the Mansehra district of Pakistan. Thousands of vehicles were stuck in a heavy traffic jam on the Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad road that leads to the Kaghan valley. This video has nothing to do with Himachal Pradesh. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search of the screenshots in the video, similar visuals were found in a YouTube video published by the Pakistan-based ‘ARY’ news channel. This news…