Sunday, 28 February 2021

Turning a HRTC bus 180° on narrow hill road


Display of unprecedented driving skills by a Himachal Roadways driver. 
Turning a HRTC bus 180° on narrow hill road. 

Guidelines issued to social media platforms by Government of India in end February 2021



Government of India has issued strict social media guidelines to various platforms in end February 2021. 
Here's a brief summary of the same explained by Mirror Now. 
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Friday, 26 February 2021

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

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

Solapur to Aurangabad (Solapur_Aurangabad): 

Solapur (MH) ---- Haglur (UP) ---- Ule ---- Tamalwadi ---- Malumbra ---- Sindphal ---- Tuljapur (MH) ---- Osmanabad (MH) ---- Yermala ---- Indapur Phata ---- Lonkhas ---- Pargaon ----Chousala ---- Dhotra ---- Wangaon ---- Manjarsumbha ---- Beed (MH) ---- Pendgaon ---- Sindphana River Bridge ---- Padalsingi Toll Plaza (MH) ---- Talewadi ---- Georai ---- Bagpimpalgaon ---- Bridge over Godavari River ---- Shahgad ---- Wadigodri ---- Pachod ---- Adul ---- Chitegaon ---- Zalta Phata ---- Bridge over Sukhna River ---- Aurangabad (MH) 

Distances From To: 
Solapur to Beed  
(Solapur_Beed) = 180 kms. 

Note: These are user generated best routes. 

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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Bangalore to Aurangabad via Hospet, Solapur - Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Best Route For Road Trip, Best Intercity Driving Route

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

Bangalore to Aurangabad (via. Hospet, Solapur, Beed) 
(Bangalore_Aurangabad), 
Bangalore to Solapur 
(Bangalore_Solapur): 

Bangalore (Vidhan Soudha Metro Station) (KA) ---- Neelamangala ---- Dobbaspet ---- Chikkahalli ---- Tumkur Toll Plaza/ Chokkenahalli Toll Plaza (KA) ---- Tumkur bypass (Kyatasandra) (KA) ---- Karejeevanahalli Toll Plaza (KA) ---- Nayara Sri Maradi Ranganathaswamy Fuel Station, JWMR+C6V, NH48, Maralappanahally, KA 572125 on right ---- Chikkanahalli (KA) ---- BPCL COCO Sira, NH48, KA 572137 on left ---- BPCL COCO Sira II, NH48, KA 572137 on right ---- Sira bypass (KA) ---- SHELL Filling Station, NH48, Mangangi Thanda on left ---- Javanagodanahalli/ JG Halli ---- Patrehalli ---- Hiriyur (KA) ---- Gulal ---- Aimangala ---- BPCL Jagalur Mahalingappa Petro Agency, 5CWR+H5, Chitradurga, KA 577501 on right ---- Chitradurga bypass (KA) (Exit NH44. Turn right. ROR from Guddadarangavvana/ GR Halli, KA 577502: Hospet 121 kms, Vijayapura 316 kms, Solapur 415 kms) ---- Madanaikanahalli ---- Bogalerahatti (KA) ---- Donnehalli (Jagalur cross) ---- Kananakatte Toll Plaza (KA) ---- Alur ---- Hosahalli (KA) ---- Kudligi bypass (KA) ---- Thimmalapur ---- Thimmalapura Toll Plaza (KA) ---- Mariyammanahalli (KA) ---- 
Hospet/ 
Hosapete (Tunnel View) (KA) ---- Tungabhadra River Bridge ---- 
Tungabhadra River Bridge ---- Hosalingapur
 ---- Budugumpa ---- BPCL Sapthagiri Agencies, 
C7QV+H5, NH50, Kukanpalli, KA 583228
 on left ---- Methagal ---- Metgal ---- Hiresulikeri Tanda ---- 
Myadneri ---- 
Gunnal ---- 
Kushtagi (KA) ---- Kalkeri ---- 
BPCL Basavaprabhu Petroleum Filling Station, NH50, Ilkal on right
 ---- 
Ilakal/ Ilkal (KA) ---- 
Tondihal ---- 
Jio-BP Filling Station, NH50, Tondihal on right ---- 
Hungund (KA) ---- Hungund Rural ---- 
Timmapur (KA) ---- Belgal ---- Malaprabha River ---- Nandanoor ---- Chitaginakopp ---- 
Nagarhalla Toll Plaza (KA) ---- 
Krishna River Bridge ---- 
Yelaguru ---- 
Nidgundi (KA) ---- Unnibhavi ---- Golasangi ---- Muttagi cross (ROR: Muttagi) ---- BPCL Patil Petroleum, NH50, Mangoli, KA 586101 on left ---- BPCL Vijayapura (COCO), NH50, Hittinahalli on right ---- 
Vijayapura/ Bijapur bypass (KA) 
---- Solapur (MH) ---- Haglur (UP) ---- Ule ---- Tamalwadi ---- Malumbra ---- Sindphal ---- Tuljapur (MH) ---- Osmanabad (MH) ---- Yermala ---- Indapur Phata ---- Lonkhas ---- Pargaon ---- Chousala ---- Dhotra ---- Wangaon ---- Manjarsumbha ---- Beed (MH) ---- Pendgaon ---- Sindphana River Bridge ---- Padalsingi Toll Plaza (MH) ---- Talewadi ---- Georai ---- Bagpimpalgaon ---- Bridge over Godavari River ---- Shahgad ---- Wadigodri ---- Pachod ---- Adul ---- Chitegaon ---- Zalta Phata ---- Bridge over Sukhna River ---- Aurangabad (MH)  

Distance From To: 
Bangalore to Aurangabad = 940 kms. 

Bangalore (Vidhan Soudha Metro Station) to Neelamangala = 28 kms. 
Neelamangala to Dobbaspet = 21 kms. 
Dobbaspet to 
Tumkur Toll Plaza 
= 12 kms. 
Tumkur Toll Plaza (Chokkenahalli Toll Plaza) to 
Tumkur bypass = 2 kms. 
Tumkur bypass (Kyatasandra) to 
Karejeevanahalli Toll Plaza = 40 kms. 
Karejeevanahalli Toll Plaza to Sira = 16 kms. 
Sira bypass to 
Hiriyur 
= 39 kms. 
Hiriyur to 
Chitradurga (GR Halli) 
= 45 kms. 

Chitradurga bypass to Bogalerahatti = 18 kms. 
Bogalerahatti to 
Donnehalli (Jagalur cross) = 8 kms. 
Donnehalli (Jagalur cross) to 
Kananakatte Toll Plaza
 = 6 kms. 
Kananakatte Toll Plaza to Hosahalli = 13 kms. 
Hosahalli to Kudligi bypass = 34 kms. 
Kudligi bypass to Thimmalapura Toll Plaza = 19 kms. 
Thimmalapura Toll Plaza to 
Mariyammanahalli = 10 kms. 
Mariyammanahalli to 
Hospet = 11 kms. 

Hospet to Kukanpalli = 25 kms. 
Kukanpalli to Myadneri = 14 kms. 
Myadneri to Kushtagi = 24 kms. 
Kushtagi to Ilkal = 26 kms. 
Ilkal to Hungund = 15 kms. 
Hungund to Chitaginakopp = 25 kms. 
Chitaginakopp to 
Nagarhalla Toll Plaza = 6 kms. 
Nagarhalla Toll Plaza to Krishna River Bridge = 4 kms. 
Krishna River Bridge to Nidgundi = 6 kms.  
Nidgundi to Mangoli = 37 kms. 
Mangoli to 
Hittinahalli = 13 kms. 
Hittinahalli to Vijayapura/ Bijapur bypass = 10 kms. 

Note: These are user generated best routes. 

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

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- Best Intercity Driving Routes  
- Skip Online Navigation Maps  
- User Generated Best Routes 



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Bangalore to Aurangabad via Hospet, Solapur, Beed road trip in January 2021 by Parag Sachania

Roadtrip report: Bangalore to Aurangabad

Route Taken: Bangalore - Chitradurga - Hospet - Vijayapura - Sholapur - Osmanabad - Beed - Aurangabad

Distance: 940 Kms. 

Start time: 0357 (Yelahanka, Bangalore)

End time: 1604 (Station Road, Yelahanka)

Breaks: Breakfast (15m), Lunch (15m), Refueling (5m), Bio Break (5m)

Refueling: End of Beed bypass (HPCL)

Breakfast break : Nanadagokula Restaurant, near Kudilgi (Earlier was known as Sangam International)

Road Condition:

Bangalore - Chitradurga: Nothing specific, all good

Chitradurga - Hospet: Wonderful road, all good

Hospet - Vijayapura: Although 4 lane till Vijayapura, the surface is a mix of good and bad. The highlight of course are the innumerable speedbreakers at almost every break in the median, few with signage and few others without. A superb example of why speedbreakers are called “SPEED BREAKERS”

Vijayapura - Sholapur: 4 Lane expansion work is in Progress with multiple diversions. Avoid this under dark as diversions are badly marked often you will witness 2 way traffic on both sides of the corridor only because few hav  either missed a diversion while few others know that this is a regular affair

Sholapur Bypass: I had to cross this messy city to reach the other side. Took around 45 minutes including some really narrow and busy lanes on a Sunday afternoon. 

Sholapur – Tuljapur – Osmanabad – Beed Aurangabad: EXCELLENT! Perhaps the best stretch to drive in my own recent part. Well marked, well engineering, well banked, extremely consistent road surface including levelled bridges and culverts. A big thumbs up to the consortium that built this. Ashok Kheny from NICE can take some tutorials to know how roads are built and can still be safe. 

Courtesy: Parag Sachania, January 2021

Tuesday, 23 February 2021

MG Hector crash in Goa on 2021-02-21





There were 3 vehicles involved in a scary crash on Marcel-Banastari Road in Goa at around 9.00 pm on Sunday, 2021-02-21. 

A 2 wheeler, a Maruti Swift and a MG Hector which suffered the maximum damage were involved in the crash. 
The mishap supposedly happened just about 10 mins after the same MG had overtaken a roadie, Shantaram Prabhu Chimulkar in a tearing hurry by continuously flashing the headlights on the typically narrow and winding roads that Goa is famous for. 

Shantaram was also in a hurry and therefore didn't stop to enquire about the details. 

Although the exact reason for the crash couldn't be ascertained, Shantaram predicted that the 2 wheeler possibly grazed the right side of the Swift while overtaking, lost balance and hit the oncoming MG Hector. 
The Swift had possibly not collided with the MG at all. 

Details of casualties or injuries could not be ascertained. 
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Monday, 22 February 2021

Wagon R hit a truck from behind on NH65 between Vzd and Hyd on 2021-02-21




On NH65, a high speed corridor of 295 kms between Vijayawada and Hyderabad on Sunday, 2021-02-21. 
From the photos, it's obvious that the Wagon R was not being driven at high speed when the mishap occured. 
No wonders that everyone in the car are totally safe. 
It's not the much hobnobbed build of car that kills. It's stupidity of a driver that kills. 
No further details of the cause of the mishap is known. 
When on the road, always remain 'High On Cognition'. 



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People of Majuli (an island in Brahmaputra river) in Assam lit earthen lamps to thank PM Narendra Modi for laying foundation stone of two-lane bridge on the river between Majuli and Jorhat.

PM Modi launched multiple development initiatives in Assam, via video conferencing in mid February 2021.
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* Indian Roadie Infrastructure Projects 

Vizag - Raipur Expressway (6-lane 465 km long) to be built


Greenfield 6-lane 465 km long Vizag - Raipur Expressway to be built!
Source: Sahil Pednekar on Twitter 
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On NH65, a high speed corridor of 295 kms between Vijayawada and Hyderabad on Sunday, 2021-02-21. 
From the photos, it's obvious that the Wagon R was not being driven at high speed when the mishap occured. 
No wonders that everyone in the car are totally safe. 
It's not the much hobnobbed build of car that kills. It's stupidity of a driver that kills. 
No further details of the cause of the mishap is known.

When on the road, always remain 'High On Cognition'. 


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Tuesday, 16 February 2021

Vasant Panchami Darshan from Sri Mayapur Dham, Nadia district, West Bengal on 2021-02-16

































Vasant Panchami Darshan from Sri Mayapur Dham, Nadia district, West Bengal on Tuesday, 2021-02-16. 
An IndianRoadie member from Pune who was visiting the district for work, took time off to visit ISKCON, Mayapur on 2021-02-16. 

Sunday, 14 February 2021

Mumbai to Chandigarh - 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 from 

Mumbai to Chandigarh (Mumbai_Chandigarh), 
Vadodara to Chandigarh (Vadodara_Chandigarh), 
Ajmer to Chandigarh (Ajmer_Chandigarh): 

Mumbai - Vapi - Bharuch - Vadodara - Godhra - Modasa - Nathdwara - Deogarh - Beawar - Ajmer - Sikar - Fatehpur- Churu - Sadhulpur - Hisar - Narwana - Sangrur - Chandigarh.  

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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- Skip Google Maps 
- User Generated Best Routes 



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Jaipur to Hyderabad/ Nagpur/ Bhopal - Indian Roadie Preferred Route/ Motoring Route

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

Jaipur to Hyderabad 
(Jaipur_Hyderabad), 
Jaipur to Nagpur 
(Jaipur_Nagpur), 
Jaipur to Bhopal 
(Jaipur_Bhopal): 

Jaipur - Chaksu bypass - Tonk - Deoli bypass - Hindoli - Boondi/ Bundi - Kota (RJ) - Jhalawar - Biaora (MP) - Narsinghgarh - Bhopal bypass - Mandideep - Obaidullaganj - Narmada River bridge - Hoshangabad - Itarsi - Betul - Multai - Savneer - Nagpur - Hinganghat - Adilabad - Nirmal - Kamareddy - Hyderabad

Approximate Distances: 
Jaipur to Tonk = 100 kms. 
Tonk to Boondi/ Bundi = 115 kms. 
Boondi to Kota = 35 kms. 
Kota to Biaora = 265 kms. 
Biaora to Bhopal = 110 kms. 
Bhopal to Hoshangabad = 75 kms. 
Hoshangabad to Itarsi = 16 kms. 
Itarsi to Betul = 90 kms. 
Betul to Nagpur = 175 kms. 
Nagpur to Adilabad = 195 kms. 
Adilabad to Hyderabad = 300 kms. 

Road condition: 
Jaipur to Kota via Chaksu bypass, Tonk, Boondi  is smooth sailing. 
Post Kota it's two lanes but smooth roads till Biaora. Just be very cautious of erratic road sense of two wheelers in this belt. 
Post Biaora, it's four lane freshly paved road to Bhopal. 
Take Bhopal Bypass. 
Bhopal to Hoshangabad is a slow moving road. Road is good but traffic is high. It will take 2 hrs for 70 kms. 
Post Hoshangabad, the traffic eases. Good but curvy roads are there till Betul. 
It's superb four lane from Betul to Nagpur. Nagpur to Hyderabad (NH44) is easy. 



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