Mumbai to Malvan and Malvan to Mumbai preferred route and road conditions in February 2022

Did a Thane-Malvan-Thane trip in mid February 2022 with family. 

The following is the Indian Roadie Preferred Route/ Motoring Route/ Driving Route. 

Journey from Thane to Malvan: 
Thane (4:30 PM) - Karad (10 PM) - Road condition is very good. Currently the only bottleneck is Pune Chandni Chowk.
Stay at Sapphire Hotel in Karad for the night - Ok for food and overnight stay and not that great.
Next day. Karad (9:30 AM) - Malkapur - Ansukura - Kharepatan - Kasal - Malvan (1:30 PM) - Road condition is very good throughout except 5-10 kms in the Ghat section. 

Return Journey from Malvan to Thane: 
Took old highway (NH66, erstwhile NH17) and realised at the end that it was a big mistake.
Malvan (9:30 AM) - Kasal - Road condition is good. No potholes.
Kasal - Lanja - Awesome road. Very few diversions.
Lanja - Sawarde - Worse condition. Road works not even started in many sections. Will definitely take another 10+ years to complete.
Sawarde - Chiplun - Ok condition. Many diversions. Work in progress.
Chiplun - Khed - Good road. Many sections are fully completed.
Kashedi Ghat - Bad condition but manageable.
Kashedi exit - Poladpur - Mahad - Excellent condition.
Mahad - Lonere - Mangaon - Bad roads but construction is going on. Many diversions.
Mangaon - Panvel - Poor roads and many diversions. No work going on.
Reached Thane at 9:30 PM.
All these timings includes Lunch & Tea breaks. 

Courtesy: Rohan Nalawade 

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Mumbai to Malvan (Mumbai_Malvan) via Pune, 

Malvan to Mumbai (Malvan_Mumbai)