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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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