Bangalore to Sambalpur road trip by Sujit Nayak during unlock 2 in mid July 2020

Bangalore to Sambalpur 14th - 15th July 2020 by Sujit Nayak.

Indian Roadie Preferred Route/ Motoring Route/ route: Bangalore - Kurnool - Hyderabad - Adilabad - Nagpur (bypass) - Raipur - Saraipalli - Bargarh - Sambalpur

Total Toll : 2416/- (2356 - FastTAG, 60 - Cash)
Fuel : 7472/- (88 Ltr)
Distance : 1745 Km
FE : 20 Kmpl (Approx)

ePass : No ePass.
Registered on Seva Sindhu Portal (KA) for travelling outside the state and registered on Odisha's portal for Members and the Mode of Travel & Vehicle details.  Had hardcopies of all of the above Application acknowledgments (These helped us in MH & CG)

In total, it took us 36 hours drive from Bangalore to Sambalpur. Started at 05:30 (14th July) from KR Puram, Bangalore, reached Sambalpur at 17:30 (15th July) . There was no long halt in between except one halt at a Fuel Station before Nagpur where we took a nap for about 2 hrs in the night. We slept inside the car itself keeping the AC ON and the vent taking the air from outside (circulating the inside air while sleeping may be lethal). Smaller halts were there as and when required. We had packed sufficient food items & water (drinking & washing) inside the car itself. While entering AP, they asked about the Destination and after showing the AADHAR Card (from inside the car) they let us go. There were no further checks until the MH entry border near Adilabad where they just asked for few details such as Mobile Number, Source, Destination and we had to tell those from inside the car itself. Somewhere after crossing Bhandara, just after a toll plaza one cop stopped us and was asking for ePass ; showing the registration acknowledgements from SevaSindhu portal convinced him. The entry to CG was a bit different. We had to park our Car near the check point and had to go to a temporary tent and register the car number along with name, mobile number, source & destination. There was no form or we didn't have to fill anything, we just had to tell and one personnel was noting it in a register.
In CG we were stopped one more time and asked about ePass. We had to get down and went near two officials sitting in one of the shop. We told we have registered on Karnataka's Portal and Odisha's portal. After showing the Application acknowledgements & AADHAR they got convinced. The roads in MH are the worst and at few places due to construction of flyover, the traffic takes lot more time. The road condition in CG is good but the unpredictable traffic and cows on the roads will not let you go fast. There were no checks at Odisha boarder. FastTAG was a relief to avoid currency exchange and to maintain social distancing. There were 30 tolls in total and in two (one in MH and other CG), there was no FastTAG and at those places after getting the balance cash, kept it inside an air-tight box along with 5-10 ml of hand-sanitizer (Safety matters !)
Hope this post will help you in planning your trip during this pandemic situation. Stay Safe !