Man Who Built Chandrayaan-3 Parts Selling Idlis?
The government has denied a news report, which claimed a man who worked for building ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 launchpad, has been selling idlis at a roadside.
ISRO made history after landing Chandrayaan-3 on the moon's south pole and made India the very first country in the world to do so. India's moon mission, ISRO's scientists and engineers received applauds from the world. However, a news report by the BBC Hindi said that Deepak Kumar Uprariya worked as an Engineer for HEC (Heavy Engineering Corporation Limited). He had worked to make the launchpad for the Chandrayaan-3 mission. Deepak had also worked to make other parts for Chandrayaan-3. As per the BBC, Mr Uprariya belongs to Harda district of Madhya Pradesh. In 2012, he quit his job in a private company and joined HEC on a salary of ? 8,000. The BBC report also mentioned that about 2,800 employees have claimed that they have not received their salaries for the past 18 months, like Mr Upariya. The outlet quoted Mr Upariya as saying that he has been managing his shop and office work together.
The technician sells idlis in the morning and goes to the office in the afternoon. In the evening, he sells idlis again before heading back home. The man even claimed that he took a loan but failed to pay it back so people have stopped giving him money. However turns out the news is fake. Kanchan Gupta, senior advisor to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said on X, “ Malicious #disinformation peddled (as usual) by @BBCHindi in keeping with agenda of #FakeNews factory @BBC. HEC has NOT made any component for Chandrayaan 3. They only supplied some raw materials. HEC did some work for ISRO between September 2003 and January 2010. HEC, registered under Companies Act, is a separate legal entity and has to aggressively generate its own resources. @BBCWorld should at least try and achieve a basic minimum standard of ethical journalism instead of peddling abracadabra bogus stories.”
