Video of an Under-Construction Railway Station Collapsing due to Landslide in Mizoram Falsely Shared Newly Constructed Railway Station in Manipur

A video circulating on social media claims that a newly constructed railway station in Kawnpui, Manipur, has collapsed. However, our investigation revealed that this claim is false. The railway station was not recently inaugurated, and the incident did not occur in Manipur. Here’s the truth about the viral video.

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Recently, a statue of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj collapsed just months after being inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The incident sparked a massive uproar in the state, prompting Prime Minister Modi to issue an apology. However, opposition parties have seized on the issue and are planning agitations against both the central and Maharashtra state governments.

This incident adds to a series of recent public infrastructure failures, including bridge collapses in Bihar and a roof collapse at Delhi Airport. Now, another video has emerged claiming that a newly constructed railway station in Kawnpui, Manipur, has collapsed. However, Kawnpui is actually in Mizoram, not Manipur.

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In the above post, we can see a video of a Railway station collapsing. The X (formerly known as Twitter) user who has shared the video claims this is the Kawnpui Railway Staion in Manipur that collapsed before its inauguration. The video has been shared with the same claim on Facebook too.

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However, our fact-check found that this video is not of a railway station in Manipur but an under-construction railway station that got damaged due to a landslide in Mizoram. Here’s the fact-check.

Fact Check

We conducted a reverse image search on one of the video screenshots and found an article on the India TV website. The article confirms that the visuals are indeed of the Kawnpui railway station collapsing. However, Kawnpui is located in Mizoram, not Manipur. The collapse of this newly constructed railway station was caused by a landslide triggered by heavy rains in Mizoram.

Read full article here – India TV | Archived

A report by NE Now states that the railway station was part of the Bairabi-Sairang railway project, intended to connect Mizoram with the rest of the country. By August 2024, 93% of the work had been completed. However, a massive landslide on August 28, 2024, destroyed half of the station. The project was originally scheduled for completion by March 2025.

Read full article here – NE Now | Archived

Kawnpui is a town in Kolasib district of Mizoram. Hence, the video is not from Manipur.

Read this article in Manipuri | Sanggadriba nouna saba Manipur-ge Kawnpui Railway station ningkhaikhre.

Conclusion

The viral video shows the collapse of the Kawnpui railway station, which is located in Mizoram, not Manipur. The station was under construction when a landslide caused part of it to collapse.