On 23rd June, several social media users on X (formerly Twitter) shared a report claiming that a boundary wall of newly built Ayodhya Dham Junction Railway Station fell after the first rainfall of the season. The station that was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi around six months ago got a facelift ahead of the Ram Mandir Pratishtha. However, it has been found to be fake news, as an old wall collapsed, not a newly constructed wall.
News24TV who came under scanner recently for sharing multiple fake news said in a post that a wall of the newly built railway station fell after the first rainfall and it was inaugurated on 30th December.
पहली बारिश में अयोध्या धाम स्टेशन की बाउंड्री ढही
— News24 (@news24tvchannel) June 23, 2024
◆ 30 दिसंबर को रेलवे स्टेशन का उद्घाटन हुआ था#Ayodhya | Ayodhya Dham Station | #UttarPradesh pic.twitter.com/waQJlf4bsK
X user Sachin Gupta said in a post, “20-meter boundary wall of Ayodhya Dham railway station collapsed after the first rain. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated this railway station on 30 December 2023.”
अयोध्या धाम रेलवे स्टेशन की 20 मीटर बाउंड्रीवॉल एक ही बारिश में ढह गई। 30 दिसंबर-2023 को PM नरेंद्र मोदी ने इस रेलवे स्टेशन का उदघाटन किया था। pic.twitter.com/uAAql13RRq
— Sachin Gupta (@SachinGuptaUP) June 23, 2024
X user Manu said, “SHOCKING. Poor Quality/Corruption has not been spared in Ayodhya too. Just a few ounces of first rain the portion of the Wall of Ayodhya railway station collapsed.”
🚨 SHOCKING
— Manu🇮🇳🇮🇳 (@mshahi0024) June 23, 2024
-Poor Quality/Corruption has not been spared in Ayodhya too.
-Just few ounce of first rain the portion of Wall of Ayodhya railway station collpased.
"ना खाऊंगा ना खाने दूंगा", अब 10 साल बाद, "जमकर खाऊँगा, जमकर खाने दूँगा " बन चुका है!!pic.twitter.com/dYMGTsjPv0
X user Cow Momma said, “The boundary wall of Ayodhya Dham railway station inaugurated by Modi on 30 Dec 2023 collapsed yesterday.”
Boundary wall of Ayodhya Dham railway station inaugurated by Modi on 30 Dec 2023 collapsed yesterday. pic.twitter.com/SBwYfheSjC
— Cow Momma (@Cow__Momma) June 23, 2024
Samajwadi Party’s spokesperson Manoj Singh Kaka said, “The boundary wall of the railway station collapsed in Ayodhya. The boundary wall of the new railway station built in Ayodhya could not even withstand the first pre-monsoon after its inauguration. About 20 meters of boundary wall collapsed. Ayodhya is exposing the development. Ayodhya is falling prey to corruption, there is massive corruption in the name of Lord Ram in the development state. About 6 months ago, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had inaugurated the Ayodhya Railway Station.”
*अयोध्या में रेलवे स्टेशन की ढही बाउंड्री वॉल*
— Manoj KAKA (@ManojSinghKAKA) June 23, 2024
अयोध्या: उद्घाटन के बाद का पहला प्री मानसून भी नहीं झेल पाई अयोध्या में बने नए रेलवे स्टेशन की बाउंड्रीवाल।
लगभग 20 मीटर बाउंड्रीवाल ढही
अयोध्या विकास की खोल रहा पोल
भ्रष्टाचार के भेंट चढ़ रहा अयोध्या विकास प्रदेश में भगवान राम… pic.twitter.com/SswrnOQyt9
Journalist Priya Singh said, “The boundary wall of Ayodhya railway station has collapsed. The rain has not even started yet but 20 meters of boundary wall has collapsed. It has not even been six months since the inauguration of Ayodhya railway station.”
अयोध्या के रेलवे स्टेशन का बाउंड्री वॉल ढह गया है. अभी तो बारिश शुरू भी नहीं हुई लेकिन 20 मीटर बाउंड्री वाल ढह गया.
— Priya singh (@priyarajputlive) June 23, 2024
अभी छः महीने भी नहीं हुआ, अयोध्या रेलवे स्टेशन के उद्घाटन को. pic.twitter.com/ztBQZRmSLP
Bharat24Liv’s editor Awanish M Vidyarthi said, “The boundary wall of the newly built railway station in Ayodhya collapsed. The boundary wall of the new railway station in Ayodhya could not even withstand the first pre-monsoon after its inauguration, about 20 meters of the wall collapsed. Action should be taken against the construction agency RITES and other responsible persons, for now, sources say that the land behind the wall was empty, some contractors doing soil work had dug a pit behind the damaged wall and removed the soil, as a result, water filled in the rain and the soil attached to the wall started sliding and the weak wall collapsed.”
#Ayodhya
— Awanish M Vidyarthi (@awanishvidyarth) June 23, 2024
अयोध्या में नवनिर्मित रेलवे स्टेशन की ढही बाउंड्री वॉल । उद्घाटन के बाद का पहला प्री मानसून भी नहीं झेल पाई अयोध्या में बने नए रेलवे स्टेशन की बाउंड्रीवाल , लगभग 20 मीटर दीवार ढही। निर्माणकर्ता एजेंसी RITES और दूसरे ज़िम्मेदारों पर एक्शन होना चाहिए , फ़िलहाल सूत्र बताते… pic.twitter.com/nBZ197PLAG
Reacting to one of the posts, DRM Lucknow NR refuted the claims and said that the wall shown in the video was not part of the main station building. Furthermore, it was located between private land and Railways’ land. The wall collapsed due to excavation work being done and waterlogging on the private land. Action was being taken by the Railways in the matter.
1. It is to inform that the wall shown in the video is not part of main station building but between railway and private land.
— DRM Lucknow NR (@drm_lko) June 23, 2024
2. It collapsed because of excavation work by private people from other end and water logging in private area.
3.Railway will take immediate action. pic.twitter.com/wWMAfMlQPU
A similar rebutal was published by Northern Railway.
1. सूचित किया जाता है कि वीडियो में दिखाई गई दीवार मुख्य स्टेशन भवन का हिस्सा नहीं बल्कि रेलवे और निजी भूमि के बीच है।
— Northern Railway (@RailwayNorthern) June 23, 2024
2. दूसरे छोर से निजी लोगों द्वारा खुदाई कार्य करने और निजी क्षेत्र में जलभराव के कारण यह ढह गई।
3. रेलवे तुरंत कार्रवाई करेगी । pic.twitter.com/rlfiApGY1W
The government’s fact-check agency PIB Fact Check also busted the false claims and said in a post, “A video claims that boundary wall of recently inaugurated new Ayodhya Dham railway station has collapsed. The boundary wall shown in video was part of old station. The wall collapsed due to excavation work by a private person & water logging in a private area.”
A video claims that boundary wall of recently inaugurated new Ayodhya Dham railway station has collapsed#PIBFactCheck
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) June 23, 2024
✔️ The boundary wall shown in video was part of old station
✔️The wall collapsed due to excavation work by a private person & water logging in a private area pic.twitter.com/cXSaKFCRZx
Verdict: The wall collapsed near Ayodhya Dham Railway station was not part of the recently inaugurated building. It was a boundary wall between Railways and private land. The wall collapsed due to water logging and excavation work on the private land. Claims that boundary wall of the Railways Station at Ayodhya fell within six months after first rainfall were false.
