Hyderabad - Guntur - Hyderabad in self drive Revvcar on 7th, 8th October 2020 by Adv Abhijit Sarkar

Indian Roadie Adv Abhijit Sarkar, resident of Kolkata had to fly Kolkata - Hyderabad on 2020-10-06 for work. He had pre-booked a Revv self drive Hyundai Creta with the 'unlimited' option. 

Day 1: After completion of formalities and topping up of the fuel tank at an IOCL filling station near the airport, the car was handed over to Abhijit at 1.30 pm. Rest of the day was spent working in Hyderabad itself. 

Day 2: It involved a shade more than a 350 kms drive from Hyderabad (Banjara Hills) (8 am) to Guntur (1.30 pm). 

After the professional assignment which got over at round 6 pm, night stay was at the the comfortable 'Indian Roadie Preferred Hotel' Geetha Residency in Guntur. 

Day 3 (2020-10-08):  Our roadie friend checked out of hotel in Guntur at 8 am. He stopped for refuelling at Padma Filling Station (BPCL) NH117A. The owner was mighty impressed hearing everything about our highly acclaimed forum, viz. Indian Roadie. A couple of telecalls and exchange of a few photos via WhatsApp followed. The decision was made that Padma Filling Station will henceforth be our new Indian Roadie Preferred Filling Station on NAM Expressway in Andhra Pradesh. The owner was so happy that he fetched a whole lot of fresh vegetables from his nursery, got them packed in a bag and gifted them to Abhijit to carry back to Kolkata. 

A few kms fter leaving Padma Filling Station it was a slow drive on Pondugala Bridge over Krishna River while clicking a video. 

Abhijit's next stop was to buy a few boxes of 'peda' and gulp down a few bottles of thick and chilled flavoured milk from the milk parlour attached to the Heritage Dairy plant in Narketpally on NH65. 

Thereafter, it was the final drive of approximately 75 kms on NH65 with the majestic gate of a now closed Ramoji Film City on the left and further down directly to Hyderabad airport and handing over the car to a Revv executive at around 3.30 pm. Amount paid to Revv was a shade lesser than ₹9000 for almost 3 days and 2 nights and approximately 650 kms on the odometer. It goes without saying that cost of diesel amounting to approximately ₹2000 and applicable toll charges had to be additionally borne by Abhijit. 

Our roadie was back home in Kolkata by 9.30 pm. 

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Indian Roadie Preferred Route for Guntur to Hyderabad (via NAM Expressway): 

Guntur (exit NH16) - Sattenapalle - Dhulipalla (Loyola Institute of Technology and Management) - Piduguralla (intersection with NAM Expressway) - Brahmanapalli (AP) - Pondugala Bridge on Krishna River, south of Wazirabad - Miryalaguda bypass (TS) - Narketpalli (intersection of NAM Eway and NH65) - Hyderabad (Nehru Outer Ring Road crossing with NH65).