Clip From Karachi Showing Woman Falling on Flooded Road Viral as One From India

Pakistani news outlets carried this video in their reports as one from Karachi.

Fact-Check: This video is from Karachi and not India, as claimed.

(Source: The Quint) 

A video of a woman riding pillion with a child on a bike, falling on a waterlogged road amid heavy rainfall in Indian cities, has gone viral on social media.

• Users are sharing the video, claiming it is from India and criticising the country's inadequate infrastructure.

An archive of the post can be found here. 

(Source: X/Screenshot) 

(Archives of similar claims can be found here and here.)

Is the claim true?:,No, the claim is false.

• We were able to trace this video to August 2025 as one from Karachi and not India, as claimed by social media users.

What we found: At first, we divided the video into multiple screenshots and ran a Google reverse image search on some of them.

• It led us to a Facebook post from 20 August featuring the same video, however, the caption noted that it was Karachi, Pakistan.

• We also found a post by an X user which also featured the same video noting that it was from Karachi. It was uploaded on 20 August.

• Using a virtual private network (VPN), we ran a relevant keyword search and found some reports which featured the same viral video in Pakistani news outlets such as Neo News and Capital TV from 20 August.

• The description mentioned that a woman, holding a child, fell into the rainy water in Karachi.

Here is a preview of the video. 

(Source: Neo News/YouTube/Screenshot) 

• The Dawn reported that Karachi was brought to a standstill by unprecedented downpours that flooded major roads, disrupted power and air travel on 19 August.

• The massive rainfall also claimed at least six lives and raised alarms about further rains driven by an approaching low-pressure system.

Conclusion: A video from Karachi showing massive flooding on a road has gone viral as one from India.

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