Nagpur to Solapur - Best Route For Road Trip, Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Motoring Route, Driving Route

Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Best Route For Road Trip, Driving Route, Motoring Route, Best Intercity Driving Route from 

Nagpur to Solapur 

(Nagpur_Solapur): 

Nagpur (MH) (Lokmat Square) ---- Nagpur (MH) (Jamtha interchange on Nagpur Outer Ring Road) (Exit Nagpur Outer Ring Road. Start driving South on NH44 towards Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kanyakumari) ---- Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium (on right of NH44) ---- Butibori (MH) (ROR: Wardha, Pulgaon, Karanja) ---- Borkhedi Toll Plaza on NH44 (MH) ---- Sonegaon ---- Vena River Bridge ---- BPCL (COCO) Rampur filling station on left of NH44 ---- Sedgaon Pati ---- HPCL (COCO) filling station, Jamb on right of NH44 ---- Jamb (MH) ---- Hinganghat (MH) ---- Kutki ---- Daroda (MH) (Nayara Filling Station, Maa Durga Petroleum on left of NH44) ---- Wadner ---- Pipri ---- Pohana ---- Wadki ---- Bori ---- Kinhi (BPCL Sai Sarthak Petroleum on left of NH44) ---- Nayara Kanchan Petroleum, Kinhi on right of NH44 ---- Karanji ---- Sakhara ---- Pandharkawada (MH) ---- Kelapur ---- Bori ---- Nayara Shree Ganesh Fuel Station, RHXC+QWF, Pimpari, MH 445305 on right of NH44 ---- Penganga River Bridge (MH-TS border) ---- Pipperwada Toll Plaza (TS) ---- Adilabad bypass (TS) ---- Mavala ---- Ichoda (TS) ---- Nirmal bypass (TS) ---- Kadthal ---- Gamjal Toll Plaza (TS) ---- Gamjal ---- Soan Ganga Bridge over Godavari River ---- Bussapur ---- Nallur ---- Mupkal ---- Balkonda (TS) ---- Armur (BP Jio Filling Station on right) (TS) ---- Nizamabad bypass (TS) (Dichpally) ---- Sadashivnagar (TS) ---- Kamareddy bypass (TS) ---- Jangampalle Lake on right of NH44 ---- Bhiknoor Toll Plaza (TS) ---- Bhiknoor ---- Ramayampet ---- Chengunta ---- Masaipet ---- Mataji Setu over Haridra River ---- Medchal on NH44 (TS) ---- Nehru ORR Medchal exit (Exit 6) ---- Hyderabad (Nehru ORR Exit 3, Patancheru Toll Plaza) ---- Start driving on NH65 (Hyderabad-Solapur-Pune Highway) ---- Patancheru ---- Sadashivpet bypass ---- Woxsen University on left ---- Zaheerabad (TS) ---- TS-KA border at Bhangoor (KA) ---- BPCL Diamond Petroleum, Magdal (KA) on left ---- Humnabad (KA) ---- Basavakalyan (KA) ---- KA-MH border ---- Dhaktiwadi Toll Plaza (MH) ---- Omerga (MH) ---- Jalkot ---- Aliyabad ---- Naldurg Fort (MH) on right ---- Naldurg (RA: Drive on NH65 upto Solapur. ROR: Tuljapur, Beed, Aurangabad) ---- Solapur (MH) 

Road condition: Excellent throughout. 

Expected time: 12 hrs. 

Caution: The route via Yavatmal - Latur was in very bad shape, as in November 2020. 

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Abbreviations used:  

RA = Road Ahead.
ROR = Road on Right.
ROL = Road on Left.
NH = National Highway.
SH = State Highway.
NE = National Expressway.  

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Ring Roads in Delhi, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Ahmedabad

Ring Roads in Delhi, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad & Bangalore:

Length & Enclosed Area!
(Source: Twitter)
- Delhi - 271 kms
- Hyderabad - 154 kms
- Ahmedabad - 76 kms
- Bangalore - 92 kms

New look Jagannath Temple in Puri in end November 2020

Jagannath Temple in Puri has a new look and feel as in end November 2020. Hawkers crowding Grand Road leading to the temple have been evicted. A lot of beautification work has been carried out. 

The temple is still closed for visitors ever since March 2020 because of the ensuing pandemic. The doors might be thrown open to devotees in end December 2020. 
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Nihar Mishra took delivery of his Tata Nexon EV om 2020-11-27

IndianRoadie, Nihar Mishra is an old friend of mine in Kolkata for almost 4 decades. 

Feeling extremely happy for him and his family because on Friday, 2020-11-27 evening he got for himself a spanking new Tata Nexon EV.
Congratulations Ronju 👌👌👌

Drunk truck driver out to kill and maim on NH19 between Dankuni and Palsit, W Bengal on 2020-11-22

Soumillya Majumdar was witness to a terrible hair raising episode while driving out of Kolkata on NH19 (Durgapur Expressway), somewhere between Dankuni toll plaza and Palsit toll plaza on Sunday, 2020-11-22 morning. 

The truck driver ahead of him was totally drunk and had no control on his vehicle. An innocent biker was thrown off his bike after the truck grazed him. 

No further details are available about the fate of the biker or if at all any stern action was taken against the driver. 

Whenever on road, always remain High On Cognition. 

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Bhubaneswar to Raipur via Khurda, Daspalla, Barpali - Indian Roadie Preferred Route/ Motoring Route

Indian Roadie Preferred Route/ Motoring Route/ best route for road trip from 

Bhubaneswar to Raipur (by avoiding Cuttack, Manguli, Dhenkanal, Angul) is as follows:

Bhubaneswar - Khurda Bypass - Baghamari - Kantilo - Gania - Daspalla - Boudh - Sonepur - Binka - Barpali - Sohela - Raipur. 

Since the Cuttack-Sambalpur highway is being widened, one can try the above mentioned alternative route as in November 2020.
One can start from Bhubaneswar at 7 am and reach Raipur at 4.30 pm via Khurda, Daspalla, Barpali.
Bhubaneswar - Khurda (NH16) section has a couple of diversions because of 6 laning work. 
NH57 between Khurda and Nayagarh is as usual in a mess and has huge traffic.
Hence it's best to drive Baghamari - Kantilo - Gania - Daspalla to avoid jams. This route lesser traffic, mostly good roads but  goes through a couple of crowded small towns.
One can join NH57 at Daspalla.
NH57 from Daspalla to Sonepur is fantastic to drive. Initial 50 kms is a wonderful drive through thick forests. From Sonepur to Binka the road is good for 20 kms, and is uneven/ broken after that. The broken patches continue from Binka to Barpali. From Barpali to Sohela the road narrows a bit and the surface worsens. From Sohela to Raipur (old NH6) is very good. Arang to Raipur is very good, too.
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Bhubaneswar to Kanha to Jabalpur and back - Indian Roadie Preferred Route and Itinerary in October 2020

A roadie from Bhubaneswar did a road trip from Bhubaneswar to Kanha and Bhedaghat/ Jabalpur in his own vehicle in October 2020. 

The Indian Roadie Preferred Route/ Motoring Route/ route was as follows. 

Day 1: 
Bhubaneswar - Khurda Bypass - Baghamari - Kantilo - Gania - Daspalla - Bauda - Sonepur - Binka - Barpali - Sohela - Raipur. 

(Since the Cuttack-Sambalpur highway is being widened, he tried the above mentioned alternative route). 

He started from Bhubaneswar at 7 am and reached Raipur at 4.30 pm. 

Bhubaneswar - Khurda (NH16) section had a couple of diversions because of 6 laning work.  

NH57 between Khurda and Nayagarh is as usual in a mess and has huge traffic. Hence he took Baghamari - Kantilo - Gania - Daspalla to avoid it. This has much less traffic, mostly good roads but  goes through a couple of crowded small towns. He joined NH57 at Daspalla. 
NH57 from Daspalla to Sonepur is fantastic to drive. Initial 50 kms is a wonderful drive through thick forests. From Sonepur to Binka the road is good for 20 kms, and is uneven/ broken after that. The broken patches continue from Binka to Barpali. From Barpali to Sohela the road narrows a bit and the surface worsens. From Sohela to Raipur (old NH6) is excellent. Arang to Raipur is very good, too. 

Day 2: 
Raipur - Simga - Kawardha - Bhoramdev - Chilpi - Bichhiya - Sarhi Gate (Kanha).

He started at 7 am from Raipur and reached Kanha around 11.30 am. 

Since he stayed in the outskirts of Raipur, he took the bypass (Ring Road number 3) to reach NH30. The bypass was uneven but had very little traffic in the morning. NH30 between Raipur and Simga is an excellent 6 lane concrete road. After that NH30 is a good 2 lane highway. There is road construction going on inside Bemetera town and that portion is messy. He took a detour from Kawardha to visit Bhoramdev temple, known as Khajuraho of Chhattisgarh. The small road from Bhoramdev to Chilpi has few ghat sections and has excellent views of the valley below. The road from Bichhiya to Sarhi gate goes through a few villages and is quite narrow in some places. 

Day 3: 
Kanha (Mukki Gate) - Baihar - Nainpur -Bhoma - Palari - Dhanora - Kahani - Dhuma -Chaukital - Bhedaghat. 

He started from Kanha at 9.30 am and reached Bhedaghat at 2 pm. 

From Kanha, most people suggested that he goes via  Mandla to Jabalpur but he took the above route. 

Baihar to Nainpur is good, and goes through some patches of forests. Nainpur to Bhoma (SH12) is a mixed bag with few broken patches in between. From Bhoma there is a new concrete road for quite some distance. Then the road becomes narrow but the surface is decent with little traffic. From Dhuma, NH34 is an excellent 4 lane road. The last portion from Chaukital on Jabalpur bypass to Bhedaghat is a 4 lane concrete road that goes through some heavily populated areas. 

Day 4: 
Bhedaghat - Mandla - Chilpi - Kawardha - Simga - Raipur. 

Started from Bhedaghat at 9.30 am and reached Raipur around 5.30 pm. Took NH30, initially marked as “new bypass road”, it is all good for about 35 - 40 kms. After that there are long stretches where road construction is going on and the road is completely dug up. There are stretches where the road has newly laid concrete surface. Some portions are very narrow because they have barricaded half of the road to lay concrete and one gets stuck behind trucks. After Mandla it is all good. Chilpi ghat section through the jungle  is a pleasure to drive. Bemetera was a mess when he crossed it in the afternoon with long and slow moving trucks in both directions. 

Day 5: 
Raipur - Sohela - Bargarh - Barpali - Binka - Sonepur - Daspalla - Nayagarh - Ranpur - Tangi - Bhubaneswar. 

Started from Raipur at 8 am and reached Bhubaneswar at 6 pm. To avoid the bad roads between Sohela and Barpali, he drove via Bargarh. The 4 lane highway between Sohela and Bargarh is not smooth and had huge traffic, mostly 2 wheelers. Then the 2 lane NH26 between Bargarh and Barpali was also full of traffic. The extra 16 kms in this longer route is not worth the trouble. Took another alternate route from Nayagarh via Tangi. Nayagarh to Tangi was mostly good. But from Tangi to Bhubaneswar the NH16  has a few diversions because of 6 lane road work. He hit the evening peak hour traffic between Khurda and Bhubaneswar and got delayed a bit. 

Bangalore to Tuticorin to Tiruchendur - Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Motoring Route, Driving Route, best route for road trip

Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Motoring Route, Driving Route, Best Route For Road Trip, Best Intercity Driving Route from 

Bangalore to Tuticorin 

(Bangalore_Tuticorin), 

Bangalore to Tiruchendur 

(Bangalore_Tiruchendur): 

Bangalore/ Bengaluru (Vidhan Soudha Metro Station) (KA) ---- Electronic City ---- Bommasandra ---- Attibele ---- KA-TN border check post, NH48/ NH44 ---- Zuzuwadi Lake on right (TN) ---- Ashok Leyland Ltd factory on right ---- BPCL filling station, QQ5X+C5X, Sipcot Phase 1, Hosur, TN 635126 on right ---- Hosur (TN) (NH48/ NH44) ---- Jio BP filling station, Kamandoddi on left of NH44/ NH48 ---- Shoolagiri (TN) ---- Kalingavaram ---- Bellampalli ---- Government Medical College and Hospital Krishnagiri, H5M2+PG8, NH48/ NH44, Kurubarapalli, TN 635115 on right ---- Krishnagiri (TN) (Keep driving south on NH44. NH48 forks off east towards Vellore, Chennai) ---- BPCL COCO Krishnagiri 24x7 Filling Station on left of NH44 ---- Avathanapatti Lake on right of NH44 ---- Penna River Bridge (C6CG+RGJ, NH44, Chowttahalli, TN 635112) ---- Errahalli ---- Paiyur ---- Kanamangalam ---- Dharmapuri bypass, NH44 (TN) ---- Thoppur Toll Plaza, NH44 (TN) ---- HPCL COCO Filling Station, X3WC+RQ3, Samathuvapuram, Vellakkal, TN 636352 on left of NH44 ---- Thoppur Ghat section ---- Thoppur (TN) ---- Elathur (Nayara KCM Fuels Filling Station on right) ---- Deevattipatti ---- BPCL AVM Hitech Fuel Park, Pannapatti, Salem on left of NH44 ---- Jio BP Filling Station, Pannapatti, Salem on right of NH44 ---- Pallapatti ---- Salem bypass (NH44) ---- Namakkal bypass ---- Velur ---- Kaveri River Bridge ---- Karur bypass ---- Amravathi River bridge ---- Dindigul ---- Madurai ----Ettatyyapuram ---- Tuticorin ---- SPIC ---- Tiruchendur (TN) 

Time taken: Bangalore to Tuticorin takes about 8 hrs with about 30 minutes break enroute. 

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Abbreviations used:  

RA = Road Ahead.
ROR = Road on Right.
ROL = Road on Left.
NH = National Highway.
SH = State Highway.
NE = National Expressway.  

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Noida - Badrinath - Kedarnath - Noida road trip of 1307 kms in Tata Nexon in early November 2020 by Rahul Srivastava

Road trip by Rahul Srivastava (https://www.facebook.com/ImRahulS4u) in Tata Nexon to Badrinath and Kedarnath via. Rishikesh - Devprayag - Karnprayag - Joshimath - Auli - Badrinath - Mana - Gopeshwar - Chopta - Ukhimath - Sonprayag - Kedarnath and return to Noida. 

Period of journey:  5 days (4th to 8th November, 2020). 

Number of people in car: 5  

Day 1 (4th of November, 2020): 

They started their journey at 1 am from Noida.  Reached Rishikesh by 5 am and continued driving.  1st stop was at Rudraprayag for an hour around 12 noon for lunch and refreshment. At 1 pm they started again and reached Auli at 5 pm. 

Spent the night in Auli Resort (next to GMVN). Tarrif ₹2000/- per hut. 

Day 2 (5th of November, 2020): 

After breakfast started their journey at 10 am and reached Mana (India's last village) a little before 1 pm. After spending a good 3 hours they came back to Badrinath at 4 pm. Took a room just next to the Badrinath Temple foot bridge for ₹800. All 5 adjusted quite comfortably in a single room as it was chilling cold in the night. 

Day 3 (6th November, 2020): Started at 8 am from Badrinath and reached Sitapur (2 km before Sonprayag) by 6 pm (10 hours journey including 1 hour break). Car Parking slots at Sonprayag were full so stayed at Jagat Raj Hotel, Sitapur (recommended), Tariff  ₹1200. 

Day 4 (7th November, 2020): Left hotel at 5 am and reached Gaurikund at 6 am by shared cab (Bolero). After breakfast at 7 am they started their trek on Ponnies and reached Kedarnath Temple at 11.30 am. Spent a good time at Kedarnath Temple and Bhairav Baba Temple and had a delicious Chole Rice at Bhandara. Around 5 pm started their descent and reached Gaurikund at 8 pm and reached the same hotel at Sitapur around 9 pm. 

Day 5 (8th November, 2020): Started from Sitapur at 9 am and reached Noida past midnight at 1 am. 

Total Distance traversed: 1307 kms. 

Total fuel expense: ₹7000 

(Avg cost of petrol: ₹82/ltr) 

Mileage: 15 kms per litre. 

Hyderabad to Pune drive by Tanmoy Das on 2020-11-20

Like innumerable others in Indian Roadie, Tanmoy Das and his wife operating out of Hyderabad since the past couple of years were getting restless almost totally stuck up at home with a year old son inside the apartment and a beautiful 1 yr old white Ford Ecosport parked under the stilts of the building. 

A sudden call to an old time friend in Pune on Friday, 2020-11-20 morning and me (Deep Banerjee) in Kolkata and the impromptu decision was made. They hit the newly constructed 4/ 6  lane Hyderabad to Pune NH65 (erstwhile, NH9) with still a couple of minutes to go before the clock in the car displayed 12 noon. 
Their friend in Pune had demanded that the ubiquitous mutton biriyani from none other than Paradise in Hyderabad must be carried for him. A bag of biriyani to serve 5 adults and priced at ₹900 also found its cozy place in the car. 
The narrow, potholes ridden 560+ kms long national highway has been relegated to history in less than 4 years. Only a few diversions remain in MH prior to reaching Solapur. 
The Indian Roadie Preferred Route/ Motoring Route/ route for Hyderabad to Pune (Hyderabad_Pune) is Hyderabad - Nehru ORR touches NH65 immediately after the pharmaceutical manufacturing hub of Patancheru town - Zaheerabad - Naldurg - Solapur - Indapur - Pune (Hadapsar). 

Tanmoy, the IndianRoadie was with me on the phone, off and on for almost 90 minutes till 8.30 pm when he reached his friend's place in Hadapsar. 
His driving pace had considerably slowed down because of intermittent blinding rains between Indapur and Pune. 
Moreover, he took his car off the NH65 at least twice not for off-roading but for his love for photography. 
Btw, till 2015-16 facilities between Patancheru and Solapur weren't good at all. However, as in November 2020 innumerable fuel filling stations, restaurants and dhabas have cropped up on both sides of the road.

Vijayanagara will be the 31st district of Karnataka

Vijayanagara will be the 31st district of Karnataka. The decision has been taken by the Karnataka cabinet on Wednesday, 2020-11-18. 

The new district will be carved out of erstwhile Bellary district. 
Once Vijayanagara fully and officially transforms into a new district, great things are in store for the district especially in the form of tourism at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Hampi which in antiquity was the capital of the mighty Vijayanagara empire. 

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Nilgai hit a Ford Ecosport in Rajasthan in mid November 2020

A Nilgai jumped on the brand new Ford Ecosport Titanium of Divyang Jain (bought in end July 2020) in mid November 2020. Divyang was on the move on a highway in Rajasthan, near Jaipur. He was obviously taken by surprise after the Nilgai hit his car. The car swerved off the highway. 

Fortunately, there was no physical injury to any of the occupants in the car. 
For the uninitiated, Nilgai is similar to the size of a bull and runs like a horse. They weigh over 150 kgs. They are a kind of  Antelope and can jump upto 4 ft. 
Be extra cautious of Nilgais sprinting across the road while speeding on the Yamuna Expressway or on highways in Western UP, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat. 
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Off-roading to Gurudongmar Lake, Sikkim

Off-roading to Gurudongmar Lake, Sikkim at 17200 feet above sea level in early 2015. 

Video courtesy: Anupam Bhattacharjee. 

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Sandakphu, challenging to and fro drive

Glimpses of the truly difficult/ challenging drive to Sandakphu, West Bengal on 2020-10-29 in a rented vehicle was very thoughtfully clicked and shared by Dipu Naskar, a resident of Howrah district. 

https://youtu.be/9-OocMlPKMA 

Absolute credit for the video goes to Dipu Naskar. We in Indian Roadie can't thank him enough for the wonderful video.

Ferry service between Manikchak and Forbesganj over Ganga River resumed in end May 2020

Ferry service for trucks between Manikchak, Malda district, West Bengal and Forbesganj, Bihar over Ganga River resumed after almost 3 months in end May 2020. 

Indian Roadie Infrastructure Projects in North East India

Tsunami of 'Indian Roadie Infrastructure Projects' in North East India under the able leadership of PM Narendra Modi and that after 7 decades of neglect. 

India's first POD hotel in Mumbai

India's first POD hotel in Mumbai. 

Bangalore to Mangalore via Shiradi Ghat - Indian Roadie road condition on 2020-11-14

Route update by K. Akshay Pai on day of Kali Puja/ Diwali, viz. 2020-11-14:
Bengaluru to Mangalore via Shirady as of today.
Bangalore to Hassan - beautiful road as usual
Hassan to Sakleshpur- most of major potholes (as seen on 7th November) are patched and and it's a pretty drivable road. There are diversions and they too are patchy.
Sakleshpur to Shirady- it's unbearably bad.. it's become mini Ladakh. Fatal potholes , lot of dust, big groves, convoy of tankers, KSRTC buses with Vin Diesel drivers and massive pebbles .Extremely unfit for driving but enjoyable for off-road lovers.1st and 2nd gear affair. Took me 2 hours to cover.
Shirady start to end - it's beautiful as always , no road repairs or issues.
Shirady end to BC road stretch - unforgiving patchy roads and fatal potholes, took me 3 hours to complete even with a touring superbike. Again mini ladakh experience and enjoyable for off-road lovers. 1st and 2nd gear affair.
BC road to Mangalore - really good highway. 

India's longest motorable single lane bridge over Tehri Lake inaugurated

Uttarakhand is 20 yrs young. Lovely gift to its residents in November 2020 by a PM who performs. 

Modiji has gifted the state India's longest  single lane motorable bridge over the Tehri Lake. 
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Biker riding 1000 cc bike at 299 kmph in Bangalore nabbed er riding 1000 cc bike at 299 kmph in Bangalore nabbed

A biker riding a Yamaha 1000 cc bike revved to attain a speed of 299 kmph on the Electronic City flyover in Bangalore on 2020-07-19. He recorded his act of stupidity and made the video go viral. 

Thankfully the video caught the attention of Bengaluru City Police. They launched a massive manhunt and on 2020-07-21 confiscated the bike and arrested the rider/owner for endangering his own life and that of others.

Cement laden trailer fell on Maruti Baleno near Dewas, MP killing the owner on 2020-11-12

A cement laden 18 wheeler trolley overturned on a Gujarat registered Baleno car driven by Ashish Agarwal (52) while the car was overtaking  the trolley. The incident happened on Thursday, 2020-11-12 evening between Dewas and Sonkachh on the Indore-Bhopal National Highway. 

It took approx 2.5 hours to pull out the mangled car from under the trolley. Ashish died on the spot. However, the body could not be recovered from the spot of the mishap.
The car was loaded on a tractor-trolley with the help of a crane and brought to Dewas district hospital. The deceased was removed after prying the car apart with the help of gas cutter. Ashish was driving to Itarsi to celebrate Diwali. 
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Bhubaneswar - Tadoba - Bbsr Indian Roadie Preferred Route and Itinerary in October 2015 by Hrushikesh Patra

Hrushikesh Patra drove from Bhubaneswar to Tadoba and Umred tiger reserve and back in end October 2015

Took Bhubaneswar - Cuttack - Anugul - Rerakhole - Sambalpur - Bargarh - Saraipalli - Raipur - Bhilai - Durg - Nagpur road for onward journey. 

While returning he wanted to go to Berhampur, so took Umred - Pauni - Lakhandur - Sakoli - Raipur - Nuapada - Baliguda - Berhampur - Bhubaneswar route. 

Day 1: 

Bhubaneswar (8:15AM) - Anugul (11AM) -Sambalpur (3PM): 

Most of the flyover work was complete in Bhubaneswar - Cuttack section. Somehow the usual heavy truck traffic was missing in the Cuttack - Anugul stretch. There was a big roadblock after Anugul  because of an accident, he took a 30 km detour to avoid that.
Sambalpur (3PM) - Raipur (8PM): 4 laning was complete till the Chhattisgarh border. Did a bit of wrongside driving at the border checkpost to pass the queue of trucks. Inside Chhattisgarh, 4 laning work is going on and hence there are a lot of diversions. Some stretches have new tarmac on one side and some sections are pretty bad with big potholes. Crossing Saraipalli/Basna/Arang towns was painful because of evening time traffic. Arang to Raipur was very good 4 lane road. 

Day 2: 
Raipur (10:20AM) - Nagpur (3:15PM):  There was very heavy traffic through Raipur -Bhilai - Durg. After that it was a very easy drive on that dual carriageway except for few stretches of 2 lane roads some of which are rough. 

Day 3: 
Nagpur (11:30AM) - Tadoba (Moharli Gate, 2:30PM): NH7 till Jamb and the SH6 till Tembhurda is good 4 lane. We should have taken SH6 till Warora but took a left at Tembhurda for a shortcut to Shegaon, it was a single road.
Moharli Gate - Shegaon - Khadsangi - Navegaon Gate: 2 hour drive. Good single lane road till Shegaon and then a wide 2 lane till Khadsangi.
Navegaon Gate (1:15PM) - Chimur- Bhisi -Umred - Thana (Near Karandhla Gate, 3PM): Good 2 lane roads with occasional potholed stretches. 

Day 4: 
Umred (11AM) - Pauni - Lakhandur - Sakoli -Raipur (4:30PM): Good 2 lane roads till we reached the 4 laned NH6 at Sakoli. 

Day 5: 
Raipur (8:40AM) - Mahasamud - Nuapada -Khariar - Belgan - Baliguda - G.Udayagiri - Bhanjanagar - Berhampur (9:30PM): This is known as NH217 (Raipur - Gopalpur highway). Till Nuapada it is a very good 2 lane highway. After that it is a single lane road for 50 km with completely broken shoulders. After that road widening is going on in patches for next 150km or so. From G. Udayagiri, it is a fantastic 2 lane road till Berhampur. 

Day 6: 

Berhampur - Bhubaneswar via NH5 (old number). 

Route update and itinerary courtesy: Hrushikesh Patra. Trip undertaken in October 2015. 

Hazira to Bhavnagar ferry service for vehicles

The new RO-PAX ferry service will help save at least 9,000 litres of fuel every day! 

Courtesy: NationWithNamo
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Indore to Rewa - Indian Roadie Preferred Route

Indore - Dewas - Bhopal - Bhopal Ring road - Sanchi - Vidisha - Sagar - Damoh - Katni - Rewa. 

Good roads throughout. Just some patches post Gadhakota till Katni are to be looked for. 

Distance a car will travel before stopping completely after applying brakes.

The distance a car will travel before stopping completely after applying brakes. 
Subhadip Nandy, a roadie from Kolkata has very well explained the subject. 

The roadie has been driving since mid 2000s and had his share of fast driving when he was young. With age and experience he has matured. He has stated some facts. Beginner drivers should know how what distance a car will travel before stopping completely after applying brakes. 
113 m means 370 ft. Driving at 140 kmph will mean that after applying brakes, the car will travel  410-440 ft before coming to a stop.
If driven at 80 kmph. the car will only need 226 ft to stop. 
He confessed that that till 80 kmph one can easily keep the car under control even if something untoward happens suddenly, viz. a person, animal, etc comes in lane, or the vehicle in front applies sudden brakes. The car also behaves normally. But above 100kmph, a host of other factors including aerodynamics comes into play. The car IS NOT in your control in any sudden event.
PS : In his own words, "I drove at 130-140 regularly at one point of time, don't be an idiot like me."
If someone is interested in the maths: (see the thinking time  and then the stopping distance) 
http://www.amsi.org.au/teacher_modules/pdfs/Maths_delivers/Braking5.pdf 
The figures were taken by him from the following link : 
https://www.drivingtests.co.nz/resources/how-to-calculate-braking-distances/ 
Here are some figures for a mid sized car with good tyres on a dry road with good grip vis-a-vis some figures for the same car on a wet road which he has shared. 
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Take a powernap if you feel sleepy

Nothing can beat a Powernap If You Feel Sleepy. 

One can always feel sleepy while driving. There's nothing to feel ashamed about it. 
Your experience, tenacity, confidence mean nothing. 
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Train crossing the Pamban Bridge in Rameswaram, Tamilnadu

Train crossing the Pamban Bridge in Rameswaram, Tamilnadu. 

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Hyderabad to Aluva (KL) and back road trip in XUV500 by Allen Varghese

Allen Varghese drove from Hyderabad to Aluva in Kerala, a distance of 1150 kms on 10th July 2020. 

Vehicle: Mahindra XUV500 W7 AT (October 2019 model) 
Started at 4 am from Hyderabad. Crossed Kurnool at 7 am. Breakfast cooked at home was near Anathpur. Crossed Hosur around 1 pm. Reached Tamil Nadu - Kerala border at 6.30 pm. Reached his home town in Kerala at 9.30 pm. Time 17.5 hrs. 
Return drive was on 2nd August 2020 via the same route. 
Total to and fro distance covered: 2540 kms. 
Fuel consumed: 175 ltrs. 
 
In July 2020 there wasn't much of traffic in Bangalore city. So he decided to go through the city. Other option was to take a detour from Devanahalli which which would have taken him to Hosur or Shoolagiri. In that case roads would not have been good and he would have had to pass through quite a few villages. 
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Maruti Zen Estilo and Alto blocked my free ingress and engress on 2020-10-22 at 11 am like any other day

Maruti Zen Estilo (WB06H1392) and Alto (WB02Z3679) belonging to siblings Amiya and Arun Dutta respectively blocked the free ingress and engress to and from my house on 2020-10-22 at 11 am also, like any other day. 

This is in South of Subhas Sarovar Swimming Pool, Beliaghata, Kolkata. 

Repeated requests to the Dutta brothers have yielded no results. 

In the event of an exigency, no vehicle can reach my place. 

Porbandar to Dwarka (117 kms) project of NH51 extension in Gujarat completed in 2 yrs in 2020

Porbandar to Dwarka project of NH51 extension spanning 117 kms in Gujarat has been completed in a record time span of 2 years in 2020. 

The foundation stone of the ₹1600 crores project was laid by PM Modi in October 2017. 
Can't stop thanking you, PM Narendra Modi and Minister of Road Transport and Highways (@MORTH), Nitin Gadkari. 
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Hyundai i10 Grand repainted blue at Indian Roadie Preferred Workshop in Kolkata

This Hyundai i10 Grand got it's finishing touches after a change of colour from a totally different lighter shade to this lovely metallic blue at an 'Indian Roadie Preferred Workshop' in Kolkata. The car was handed over to its owner in October 2020. He was left spellbound. 

Any authorized service station will hang their head in shame seeing the quality of finish. It's needless to mention that the cost involved was a fraction of what it would have been at so called authorized workshops.
Detroit returned newbie 'know it all' roadies will start salivating seeing this.
BTW, please don't seek favors from me by asking for references. Suggestions will NOT be available for free.
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Mahindra Bolero pick-up crossing riverbed in Srikhola in North Bengal in October 2020

Mahindra Bolero pick-up crossing a riverbed in Srikhola in the Darjeeling hills of North Bengal in end October 2020. 

Video courtesy: Saptarshi Mukherji 

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Mumbai to Ajmer - Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Motoring Route, Driving Route, best route for road trip

Best Route For Road Trip, Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Best Intercity Driving Route, Motoring Route from 

Mumbai to Ajmer 

(Mumbai_Ajmer):  

Option 1: 
Mumbai ---- Thane ---- Manor (MH) ---- Vapi ---- Valsad ---- Surat ---- Ankleshwar ---- Narmada River Bridge (old Golden Bridge runs parallel on the left) ---- Bharuch ---- Vadodara ---- via Vadodara Ahmedabad National Expressway 1 (Golden Quadrilateral runs parallel on the left) ---- Nadiad toll plaza ---- Ahmedabad (Vatva) ---- Adalaj ---- Kalol ---- Mehsana ---- Palanpur (GJ) ---- Abu Road (RJ) ---- Sirohi ---- Jawai River Bridge ---- Sumerpur ---- Pali (RJ) (ROL: Jodhpur) ---- Sojat ---- Beawar ---- Ajmer (RJ) 

Distance and Estimated Duration of Travel: 

Mumbai (CST) to Manor = 100 kms/ 1 hr 45 mins. 

Manor to Vapi = 82 kms/ 1 hr 15 mins. 

Vapi to Valsad = 25 kms/ 30 mins. 

Valsad to Surat (Palsana Chawkdi) = 70 kms/ 1 hr. 

Surat to Ankleshwar (Rajpipla Chowkdi, Ankleshwar Flyover) = 65 kms/ 1 hr. 

Ankleshwar to Vadodara (Jambuva Bypass) = 80 kms/ 1 hr 15 mins. 

Vadodara (Jambuva Bypass) to Vadodara (Ahmedabad Vadodara Control Room, Dumad) = 25 kms/ 30 mins. 

Vadodara to Ahmedabad (National Expressway Exit 1, Vatva) = 90 kms/ 1 hr 15 mins.  

Ahmedabad (Vatva) to Mehsana = 85 kms/ 1 hr 45 mins. 

Mehsana to Palanpur = 75 kms/ 1 hr 30 mins. 

Palanpur to Abu Road = 50 kms/ 60 mins. 

Abu Road to Sirohi = 70 kms/ 1 hr. 

Sirohi to Pali = 115 kms/ 1 hr 45 mins. 

Pali to Beawar = 110 kms/ 1u hr 45 mins. 

Beawar to Ajmer = 55 kms/ 45 mins. 

Route update/ road condition in early November 2020: 
Mehsana to Palanpur has rough patches for 50 odd kms. Rest of the route is excellent. 

Option 2: 

Mumbai ---- Thane ---- Manor (MH) ---- Vapi ---- Valsad ---- Surat ---- Ankleshwar ---- Narmada River Bridge (old Golden Bridge runs parallel on the left) ---- Bharuch ---- Vadodara ---- Halol ---- Godhra ---- Modasa (GJ) ---- Rishabdev (RJ) ---- Udaipur (RJ) ---- Nathdwara (RJ) ---- Rajsamand ---- Beawar ---- Ajmer (RJ) 

Distance and Estimated Duration of Travel: 

Mumbai (CST) to Manor = 100 kms/ 1 hr 45 mins. 

Manor to Vapi = 82 kms/ 1 hr 15 mins. 

Vapi to Valsad = 25 kms/ 30 mins. 

Valsad to Surat (Palsana Chawkdi) = 70 kms/ 1 hr. 

Surat to Ankleshwar (Rajpipla Chowkdi, Ankleshwar Flyover) = 65 kms/ 1 hr. 

Ankleshwar to Vadodara (Jambuva Bypass on GQ) = 80 kms/ 1 hr 15 mins. 

Vadodara (Jambuva Bypass on GQ) to Halol = 51 kms/ 45 mins. 

Halol to Godhra = 40 kms/ 45 mins. 

Godhra to Modasa = 97 kms/ 1 hr 30 mins. 

Modasa to Rishabdev = 93 kms/ 1 hr 45 mins. 

Rishabdev to Udaipur = 78 kms/ 1 hr 30 mins. 

Udaipur to Nathdwara = 45 kms/ 45 mins. 

Nathdwara to Beawar = 165 kms/ 2 hrs 45 mins. 

Beawar to Ajmer = 55 kms/ 1 hr. 

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Note: These are user generated best routes. 

Abbreviations in use in Motoring Routes Of India, Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Motoring Route, Driving Route:

RA = Road Ahead.
ROR = Road on Right.
ROL = Road on Left.
NH = National Highway.
SH = State Highway.
NE = National Expressway.  

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Chennai to Thiruchendur road trip in late October 2020

Single day return ride from Chennai to Thiruchendur and back on Saturday, 2020-10-31 in Yamaha FZ25 by K Veanu. 

Roads are fine all through till Thuthukkudi. Thereafter the state highway had lots of speed breakers and many rough patches. 

Indian Roadie Preferred Route for Chennai to Thiruchendur: 

Chennai - Trichy - Madurai - Thuthukkudi - Thiruchendur. 

Left home in Chennai for Thiruchendur at 5 am. Reached by 2 pm.  Returned home at 2 am. Returned via the same route. 

Filling stations within Chennai city limits were not open at 5.30 am. Filled fuel at a highway pump at Perungalathur.  Every toll plaza had long queues of vehicles. Small time vendors were busy hawking their chores. No masks at most places. 
Our fellow roadie had assumed that temple will be devoid of crowd, only to realise that all devotees thought so. Signages clearly said kids less than 10 yrs and elders above 65 yrs won't be permitted inside the temple. That was only on the board. People of all ages were going inside with the same enthusiasm. He did 9 pradhakshinams which was pending for a long time. He tried maintaining social distancing to maximum possible extent. Did darshan from a distance without getting inside the temple and got back on saddle by 5 pm.  Completed early dinner by 7 pm at a restaurant called Mangalam Restaurant on the Kariapatti bypass.
Fuel break was at Samayapuram around 9.45 pm. 

Covid Perspective: 
His was a KA registered bike. Was not stopped anywhere. If you are coming from other state don't try your luck. Do whatever is necessary. Check before entering. As of today you just need e registration of details before entering the state of TN and need epass for hill stations. 
Seems life in TN has almost returned to normal with folks roaming freely. Temples are crowded, restaurants are crowded.  Seems now Corona had to learn to live with us in TN. Sad state of affairs. People are not bothered. So keep a hand sanitizer handy and carry spare masks. If it falls, before you pick it, someone will stomp. That much of social distancing is followed. 
Saw a lot of Chennai registered vehicles in Thoothukkudi. Few KA registered too. They did not look like tourists. Possibly most of them have moved back to their hometown with their bikes and cars. 

Maruti Suzuki's new Heartect platform

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Cultural programs at Club Mahindra Resorts, Jaisalmer on 2020-10-31, courtesy Adv Abhijit Sarkar

When in Jaisalmer (RJ), spending an evening enjoying the local folklores and other cultural programs are a must. 

Adv Abhijit Sarkar, an IndianRoadie based out of Kolkata drove down to Rajasthan via Agra, Jaipur in his Ford Ecosport Titanium with wife, son and daughter during the Durga Puja 2020 vacations towards the end of October 2020. 
The passionate roadie spent 3 nights at the Club Mahindra Resorts in Jaisalmer at the fag end of October 2020 before resuming his drive to Kumbhalgarh on 2020-11-01. 
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A preview of Club Mahindra Resorts, Jaisalmer on 2020-10-31 by Adv Abhijit Sarkar

IndianRoadie Adv Abhijit Sarkar has driven all the way from Kolkata to Rajasthan with family in his Ford Ecosport Titanium. 

He stayed at the Club Mahindra Resorts, Jaisalmer on 2020-10-31. 

https://youtu.be/zewimTcO8dQ

Maruti Zen Estilo and Maruti Alto blocked ingress and engress to and from my house on 2020-10-29 at 2.45 pm

The Dutta brothers (Amiya and Arun) of Beliaghata, Kolkata had been purposely parking their cars WB06H1392 (Zen Estilo) and WB02Z3679 (Alto) in such a way that ingress and engress to and from my house was jeopardized. Their house situated at a T-junction is just two buildings away from our house. 

Prior to January - February 2020, it was only the blue Alto which the younger brother Arun Dutta used to park where the Zen Estilo can be spotted in the attached videos. Ingress and engress was extremely challenging because the Alto used to be parked at the T junction in spite of the family owning a covered underground garage of their new house which they completed building around 2016-2017. 

The running board on both sides of my VW Vento sedan has been severely damaged because of the stubborn act of the Dutta brothers. The alloy wheels of my car have deep scratches and the VW logo on the hub of an alloy was lost.  All this damage happened after my car grazed the stone cladding on the roadside quite a few times. 

For atleast 2.5 years or more prior to the onset of the pandemic and the subsequent lockdown w.e.f 2020-03-23, I have politely requested them a couple of times to keep the blue car in the garage or elsewhere. My requests fell on deaf ears. 

The elder brother Amiya Dutta bought the pre-owned Zen Estilo around January or February 2020. 

From the first week of July 2020, the brothers started keeping both the cars outside on the road. They even incited the owner-driver of a white App Cab to park his Maruti Dzire diagonally opposite my house on the narrow road. 

On 2020-10-29 at 2.45 pm, I (Deep Banerjee) tried to take my VW Vento out, first time after 2020-03-23, i.e. after start of lockdown in West Bengal. I was driving to the car workshop because the reverse gear of my car was not engaging.  

I got stuck because there was no way I could have taken my car out. 

It took Arun Dutta over 2 minutes to respond to my continuous honking. His reply standing on the upper floor terrace was "horn dilei gaari shore jaabe na" (my car is not going to move automatically by your continuous honking). I could drive my car out only after he came down a few minutes later and backed up the Zen Estilo. 

Friends, imagine yourself in my place and tell me honestly if any of you'll would have tolerated this stubborn nonsense of a neighbour. Would any of you'll have tolerated the damage of your own car because of no fault of yours! 

What's even more scary is that in the event of exigencies or an emergency, the irresponsible act of the Duttas who are totally bereft of any civic sense can turn out to be fatal for me or my dear ones.

Mercedes Benz E-Klasse - beauty with brains

Beauty without brains, becoming qualified without getting educated, and good looking strong cars which love spending more time in the workshop with their newbie roadie fanboys who nevertheless keep eulogizing those brands  ..... 

are initiatives by Marketingpundit, the virtual space identity of Deep Banerjee.

are so similar in every respect!

Mercedes Benz E-Klasse is beauty with brains. 

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Amazon Alexa - When a car becomes too intelligent to handle

Amazon Alexa makes a car too intelligent to handle. 

You will be left wondering if it is really good to have a car which is too intelligent 😀