Factcheck: Was only one side of the jersey barrier whitewashed in Coimbatore for the sake of CM’s visit?
Claim
The corporation pays to whitewash both sides, but it was only whitewashed on the side that CM would see and left the other side untouched. People hate DMK because of such blatant looting – Dravidian wall.
Rating
Explanation
The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu was to travel via Ramanathapuram-Pothanur road to attend a government function to be held at Eachanari, Coimbatore. Selva Kumar, a member of the BJP, posted on his Twitter page that the jersey barrier in the middle of the road was painted and looks bright only on the side towards which the Chief Minister is going, while on the other side of the block which is not visible to him is not painted. BJP members are making these photos viral on social media.
Shoddy Job is Dravidian Model
Divider is painted only one side which Stalin is traveling in coimbatore #GoBackStalin pic.twitter.com/KYoJUyiF90
— Tinku Venkatesh | ಟಿಂಕು ವೆಂಕಟೇಶ್ (@tweets_tinku) August 24, 2022
What is the truth?
In the photo shared by Selva Kumar on Twitter, it was seen that there is a shop called JK AUTO PARTS. Searching its name on Google Maps revealed that it is on Nanjundapuram Road.
When we contacted the owner of a salon shop on the same road, he said that both sides of the jersey barrier were painted and that after painting one side, the other side was painted.
முதல்வர் செல்லும் வழியில் மட்டும் சாலை தடுப்புகளுக்கு பெயிண்ட்! pic.twitter.com/nUn76j3UJr
— @JuniorVikatan (@JuniorVikatan) August 23, 2022
Junior Vikatan reported that only one side of the jersey barrier has been painted, and when asked about it to the local residents they said that the work of painting had been going on in that jersey barrier for the last two to three days, and after the work was completed on one side, the other side was painted. He also shared the photos with Youturn.
Conclusion
The information spread by the BJP members that only one side of the jersey barriers on the road visible to the Chief Minister has been whitewashed and the other side has been left unwhitewashed is wrong and both sides have been whitewashed.
