Overview
- A video that circulated widely on Wednesday shows a man standing in chest-deep floodwater in Pimple Gurav, Pune, holding his nearly submerged Tata Nexon EV until a JCB excavator arrived to tow the car to dry ground.
- Reporters and footage show the owner refusing to leave the vehicle and walking alongside it as the excavator pulled the car, which many viewers said reflected the emotional and financial value of the asset.
- The clip drew large online attention and millions of views, with social media users expressing sympathy and saying the car represented years of hard work for a middle-class owner.
- News outlets covering the scene confirmed the JCB-assisted recovery but noted they could not independently verify every detail of the original social media post that first shared the footage.
- The incident comes during heavy monsoon flooding that has left many vehicles stranded and highlighted risks to personal safety when people stay in fast-moving floodwater to protect property.