A video (here, here, here and here) is going viral on social media showing a road collapsing and forming a large cave-like hole. It is being claimed that the incident took place in Delhi due to ongoing metro construction work underground. Let’s verify the truth behind this video.
Claim: The viral video shows a road collapse and large sinkhole in Delhi, allegedly caused by metro construction.
Fact: The viral video actually depicts the sinkhole incident in front of Vajira Hospital in Bangkok on 24 September 2025. While Delhi has experienced metro construction collapses near Masoodpur Flyover in August 2015 and at Maidangarhi in May 2023, the viral video is not related to any of these Delhi incidents. Hence the claim FALSE.
To verify the truth, we performed a reverse image search on Google, which led us to several social media posts sharing the same video (here, here and here), from another angle. All these posts claimed that the video shows a giant 50-meter-deep sinkhole that opened near Vajira Hospital in Bangkok on the morning of 24 September.
Further research led us to a BBC report on the incident. According to the BBC, on 24 September 2025, a massive sinkhole opened on Samsen Road in front of Vajira Hospital in Bangkok, linked to the Purple Line subway construction site. The collapse extended into the hospital compound, with multiple soil slides reported throughout the day, including under the Samsen Police Station. Experts indicated that soil leakage into the tunnel-station junction, particularly through sand layers, was the likely cause. Over 50,000 sandbags have been deployed to prevent further soil inflow, while investigations continue to determine the exact cause of the collapse.
We found Vajira Hospital in Bangkok on Google Street View and compared it side by side with the viral video, confirming that the incident occurred in Bangkok and not in Delhi.
Additionally, a search for similar incidents in Delhi revealed that a section of the under-construction metro line near the Masoodpur Flyover in Vasant Kunj caved in August 2015, and another occurred in May 2023 at the Maidangarhi Metro site. However, the viral video has no connection to either of these incidents.
To sum up, a video of a road collapsing and forming a large sinkhole in Bangkok is being falsely shared as if it occurred in Delhi.
