Fact check: Is the social distancing image actually of a Puducherry milk booth?

Claim: Social distancing being followed in Puducherry's milk booth

Rating: False

What is rumour about?

• An im stating that a milk booth in Puducherry is following practice of social distancing was recently circulated all over social media.

Who started spreading this viral rumour?

• Social media users started sharing this im. 
• On March 25, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi also shared this im on his official Twitter handle stating that im was from Puducherry. Many personalities followed trend and started forwarding same.
• People were seen practising social distancing while standing in a queue waiting for ir turns. 
• However, Abhishek Manu Singhvi's actual tweet has been removed from his handle, but he captioned it by saying "How sensible..common sense yet a brilliant example of social distancing at Puducherry milk booth #coronavirus" (sic). He shared  im below with his tweet. 

Im courtesy: Twitter

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Republic World did a fact check on Puducherry milk booth rumour

• claim that im is of Puducherry milk booth is wrong. As it is a grocery store and t a milk booth.
• langu written on shop hoardings is in Gujarati dialect indicating that location is t Puducherry. 

• actual photo of social distancing being practised in Puducherry was shared by Puducherry LG Kiran Bedi through her Twitter handle.

• However, people who had joined in sharing this incorrect location of im clarified later.
• An Open Letter Twitter handle posted a tweet regarding people like Abhishek Singhvi, Rahul Kanwal and Saba Naqvi who had also shared this mess saying it was Puducherry instead of Gujarat. 

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