Pune to Kolkata - Indian Roadie Preferred Route (in September 2019)

Best Route For Road Trip, Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Motoring Route, Driving Route (in September 2019, pre Samruddhi Expressway era) from 

Pune to Kolkata (via. Aurangabad, Khamgaon, Raipur, Sambalpur, Angul, Manguli) 

(Pune_Kolkata): 

Day 1: Pune - Ranjangaon - Ahmednagar - Aurangabad (Lemon Tree Hotel) - Jalna (Hotel Flora Inn, MIDC) - Deulgaon Raja - Deulgaon Mahi - Chikhli (IOC Animesh Filling Station) - Yelgaon Dam reservoir on left - Buldana (Khamgaon Road crossing, near Milind Nagar) - Khamgaon (NH6/ Akola Road crossing) - Akola (Shioni Airport) - Murtizapur - Loni - Amravati  (Gouri Inn, Rahatgaon) - Bazargaon - Nagpur (NH6/ Wardha Road crossing).
(Total duration including short breaks = 14 hrs).

Day 2: Nagpur - Bhandara (New Wainganga River Bridge) - Durg bypass - Bhilai - Raipur - Areng - Saraipalli - Bargarh - Sambalpur (10 hrs).

Day 3: Sambalpur - Rerakhole - Angul - Dhenkanal bypass - Chowduar - Manguli (crossing of NH16) - Chandikhole - Bhadrak - Soro - Balasore - Jaleshwar - Belda - Kharagpur roundabout - Debra - Kolaghat - Uluberia - Dhulagarh - Kona Expressway - Kolkata (14 - 15 hrs).

Day  1:
Aurangabad (Lemon Tree Hotel) - Jalna (Flora Inn, MIDC, Jalna) = 53 kms.
Jana - Deulgaon Raja = 30 kms.
Deulgaon Raja - Chikhli (IOC Animesh Filling Station) = 57 kms.
Chikhli - Buldana (Milind Nagar) = 23 kms (45 mins).
Buldana - Khamgaon (NH6/ Akola Road crossing) = 51 kms (70 mins).
Khamgaon - Akola (Shioni Airport) = 32 kms (40 mins).
Akola - Amravati (Gouri Inn, Rahatgaon) = 94 kms (2 hrs).
Amravati - Nagpur (NH6/ Wardha Road crossing) = 148 kms (2 hrs 45 mins).

Day 2:
Nagpur - Bhandara (New Wainganga River Bridge) = 65 kms (75 mins).