Renault India touchpoints upto December 2020

Renault India has announced the addition of more than 40 new sales and service touchpoints across India in the month of December 2020. This marks a total of more than 120 new sales and service touchpoints that Renault has added across India in 2020. The aggressive network expansion is part of a strategic business focus to grow the brand across existing and emerging markets. The new dealership facilities are in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Delhi NCR, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal.
With this expansion, Renault India has bolstered its network presence to more than 500 sales and 475+ service touchpoints, which include 200+ Workshop On Wheels locations across the country, with benchmark sales and service quality.
The dealership expansion comes at an opportune moment when Renault India is further strengthening its position in India. 

After generating a lot of excitement with the showcase of the Renault KIGER Showcar, Group Renault globally premiered the eagerly awaited Renault KIGER in India on January 28, 2021.

Road trip covering Bangalore - Honnavar - Kollur - Udupi - Bangalore in end May 2023 by Poornapragna

Road trip by Mahindra XUV500 covering Bangalore - Honnavar - Kollur - Udupi - Bangalore in end May 2023. 

Road update:  
Bangalore - Honnavar via Chitradurga-Ranebennur - Hirekerur - Shiralakoppa - Soraba - Siddapur - Masinagudi . Excellent roads throughout. Left Bangalore at 9.30 AM and we were in Honnavar Eco beach at 6 PM with one hour lunch break At excellent restaurant of Apoorva resort bang on highway at Davanagere 
Honnavar - Kollur via Kundapur - Baindur. Excellent roads throughout. Some parts of highway go through Honnavar town. Otherwise good road. Left Honnavar at 10 AM and we were in Kollur by 12.15 PM
Kollur - Udupi via Vandse - Kundapur. No complaints. Good roads. 
Udupi - Bangalore via Karkala - Belthangady - Charmadi ghat - Mudigere - Hassan. Left Udupi at 6 AM and were at NICE road entry point at Tumkur road at 2.15 with good BF break at Belthangady in newly Opened Durga Delicacy opposite bus stand and coffee break after Banakal at Ibbani cafe. Excellent coffee! 
Udupi - Hiriadka - road widening happening. Few deviations. No major issues
Hiriadka - Karkala - Belthangady - Ujire - Good roads. No issues. Some broken patches. Need to see how it holds after rains. 
Charmadi ghat - Road is very good condition. Road is being widened for few KMs before the start of ghat from Ujire side. Few places after the mid point being repaired as road has caved in. No worries as such. Lovely drive. 
Kottigehara to Hassan via Mudigere and Belur - Lovely road. The road between Kottigehara and Mudigere is widened and nice. It is good to take Hassan bypass which will join at Diary circle. But many humps have come up which was not there last year. 
Hassan - Bangalore - Excellent road. All work on Channarayapatna bye pass is complete. It is lovely road. One flyover at Hirisave is yet to complete. But the road is wide and good. 
Courtesy: Poornapragna Gudibande

DOZ Lounge between Chennai and Tindivanam

Doz Lounge for roadies have become operational between Chennai and Tindivanam, Tamilnadu. 

Co-passengers in a moving car should be sensible enough

Having sensible passengers in the car does matter although it is the driver's responsibility to drive safe. Co-passengers should be responsible enough not to distract and disturb the driver from focusing on the road. 

- Sabarish Rukman  

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Castrol India has launched auto care products

Castrol India has forayed into auto care products The new range of products includes, Castrol Chain Cleaner, Castrol Chain Lube, Castrol 3-in-1 Shiner, Castrol 1-Step Polishing Compound and Castrol Antitrust Lubricant Spray. 

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* Indian Roadie News on 2023-05-24

TVS Motors ordered to refund money to customer for defective Scooty Pep

Ashok Gouroji, a resident of Yalakkisheatter colony in Dharwad, purchased a TVS Scooty Pep two-wheeler from dealer Sarur Motors on October 23, 2010 paying  ₹67,500. Within a month of buying the rider found the vehicle to be defective as its engine would go off while in motion and there would be failure of brake frequently. He had approached the dealer with a complaint and the mechanics used used to fix the problem. 

When the problems recurred at frequent intervals, Gouroji complained to the District Consumer Grievances Redressal Forum that frequent breakdown of the vehicle would put his life to risk and sought direction to the dealer to take back the vehicle and refund the money. 

After hearing both the sides, the Forum decreed that there was a manufacturing defect and that the TVS Motors should refund the petitioner ₹50,000 (deducting the depreciation amount of ₹17,500 ), ₹2,500 as compensation towards the inconvenience suffered by  the petitioner and ₹5,000 towards court expenses within a month of passing the order. 

Source: ET Auto dated 2023-05-21

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Volkswagen India touchpoints as in May 2023 - Indian Roadie News

With the recent expansion of network, the footprint of Volkswagen in May 2023 stands at 161 sales and 126 service touchpoints across 121 cities. 

The eight new touchpoints inaugurated in April - May 2023 are Belagavi, Davanagere, Vijayapura in Karnataka, Coimbatore and Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu; Kodungallur in Kerala and Mohali and Pathankot in Punjab. The newly inaugurated touchpoints offer a combination of services such as sales, pre-owned cars (Das WeltAuto) and after-sales service. 

The target is to strengthen the network to 182 sales and 140 service touchpoints in 130 cities by the end of 2023. 

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Multi-level car parking, Darjeeling

Multi-level car parking near International Youth Hostel, Darjeeling. 

Mobile number: +91 89722 19410 

Charge: ₹400 per day in May 2023. 

Squid Rider spotted in Ladakh

These squid riders are a menace all over India. They endanger the lives of other innocent road users! 

This squid rider was spotted in Ladakh. 

IR GTG 2023-05-23 for Chicken Pakoras on EM Bypass, near Garia Dhalai Bridge

We 7 of us in Kolkata had a lovely Indian Roadie GTG/ Foodie Roadie India GTG/ Bengal Roadie GTG on Tuesday 2023-05-23 evening at a stall which did flourishing business in frying and selling chicken and fish delicacies by the roadside in the southern fringes of the city. 

After a terribly hot day with uncomfortable levels of humidity, it drizzled for a short while and the weather became perfectly pleasant for such a meet. Believe in me, the moisture laden cool breeze felt like as if we were by the seaside 😊. 

Even while munching Chicken Pakoras (₹10 per piece), Chicken Stick (₹30 per piece) and Fish Fry (₹70 per piece) at an abandoned roadside shack to avoid getting wet, we discussed road trip stories, new cars in the offing, EVs, road conditions and most interestingly, utterly stupid discussions in another forum formed after inspiration provided by an ex-IndianRoadie where the left hand of the Admin doesn't have a clue of what the right hand does. 

Location of the GTG: Eastern Metropolitan Bypass between the Dhalai Bridge and Pepsi bottling plant enroute to Kamalgazi and in close proximity to the highrise Rajwada Apartments crossing. 

Co-ordinates: 22.458621, 88.396271 

Finally, a big 'thank you' to Abhimanyu Chatterjee, Abhirup Basu, Saujatya Kole, Gautam Roy, Nirmalya Das, Sandip Hunday for being so proactive and making it to the GTG to get rejuvenated for the next couple of days/ weeks. 

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Ambassador car on the rooftop of a bar near Siliguri

Live accident between Tenkasi to Rajapalayam Road

Live accident caught on dashcam between Tenkasi to Rajapalayam Road in May 2023. 

Cause is unknown but it appears that the driver was distracted, viz. vlogging, watching reels. 

Video courtesy: SJ Johny 

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Dwarka Expressway - stunning facts

Dwarka Expressway, stunning facts. 

https://fb.watch/kGlnkrWvR3/ 

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Food Bus Of India, Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi

Fellow IndianRoadie Anshu Jain visited the fully functional Food Bus of India near Metro Rail station at Lajpat Nagar, New Delhi in mid May 2023. The food was supposedly quite good.

More of such units will be operational throughout Delhi in the future.
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Belgaum to Ponda (Goa) via Anmod Ghat - Road condition in May 2023

I (Aashish Kulkarni) traveled from Belgaum to Ponda (Goa) via Khanapur, Ramnagar, Anmod, Molem in mid May 2023. 

The Belgaum Khanapur concrete road is now complete and it's world class road. After Khanapur, I decided to continue to Ramnagar thinking road would be similarly good. However, the section from Khanapur to Goa border is work in progress. Many sections are concretized but a lot of time, you have to drive on gravel road with dust going in the air. Once complete  it would rbecome the best ghat road for many years to come. The road surface would beat Mumai Pune Expressway. After KA border, road in Goa section is butter smooth. 

I wonder how is the road from Khanapur to Goa via the shorter route. 

Don't distort facts while seeking insurance claims



People post half baked queries with photo(s) of their damaged car after an accident in various social media forums and seek advice on what to do next or seek for advice on insurance claims, etc. 

Members in those forums who behave like Detroit returned car experts start commenting in hordes. Most of the comments lack substance and reasonings. 

My suggestion as the founder of Indian Roadie and associated forums is as follows: 

Be honest to the core in expressing yoursef. Take your time and write/ post what exactly happened. Also, when, where and how it happened. 

Were you in an inebriated state? 

Don't distort facts. If you distort facts you will land yourself in an even more unpleasant situation. Bluffing might not only result in denial of insurance claims but can also land one in a police lock up or even worse. 

It's only after the person expresses himself/ herself candidly, can (s)he expect to get some reasonably correct advice from people who are knowledgeable enough. 

Disclaimer: It's extremely difficult to comment if the vehicle will be considered a total loss or if it's advisable to seek insurance claims or the extent of reimbursement by insurance companies or what would be the repair expenses without being on the spot, or without physical inspection. 

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Upcoming infrastructure projects in Maharashtra

Upcoming infrastructure projects in Maharashtra. 

Indian Roadie Infrastructure Projects

𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗾 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗸𝗵 𝗯𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝟭𝟲𝟬 𝗳𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗶𝗺𝘂-𝗣𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗺-𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗭𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗸𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗟𝗲𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗹. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘅𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟲 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗟𝗲𝗵 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟯 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗹 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗞𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮, 𝗡𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗾 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗹𝗮, 𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗮 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀

𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 : 𝗕𝗥𝗢 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀 

Hyderabad to Goa (north) - Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Motoring Route, Driving Route

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

Hyderabad to Goa (north) 

(Hyderabad_Goa): 

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 ---- Solapur (MH) ---- Sangola ---- Miraj ---- Sangli Phata ---- Kolhapur (MH) ---- Nipani ---- Amboli Ghat ---- Sawantwadi (Intersection with NH66) ---- Mapusa ---- Goa (North) 

Distances: 

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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Lucknow to Nainital - Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Motoring Route, Driving Route

Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Motoring Route, Driving Route for

Lucknow to Nainital 

(Lucknow_Nainital), 

Bareilly to Nainital 

(Bareilly_Nainital): 

Option 1: 

Lucknow - Itaunja Toll Plaza - Sahjanpur (Hind Institute of Medical Sciences) -  Sitapur - Maholi - Maigalganj -   Shahjahanpur - Tilhar - Faridpur -  Bareilly - Bilwa - Abhaypur - Bhojipura (Shri Ram Murti Smarak Institute Of Medical Sciences) - Baheri - Pulbhatta - Gola River Bridge - Kichha (Little Angle Public School on left)  Lalkuan - Haldwani (Graphic Era Hill University campus on left) - Kathgodam - Jeolikote - Nainital

Option 2: 

Lucknow - Sitapur - Lakhimpore - Puranpore - Pilibhit - Kathgodam - Nainital. 

Distances: 

Lucknow to Sitapur = 97 kms. 

Sitapur to Shahjahanpur = 87 kms. 

Shahjahanpur to Bareilly = 82 kms. 

Bareilly to Haldwani = 100 kms. 

Haldwani to Kathgodam = 6 kms. 

Kathgodam to Nainital = 35 kms. 

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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Murudeshwar to Kolhapur, Gokarna to Kolhapur - Best Route For Road Trip, Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Motoring Route, Driving Route

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

Murudeshwar to Kolhapur 

(Murudeshwar_Kolhapur), 

Murudeshwar to Ankola 

(Murudeshwar_Ankola), 

Murudeshwar to Belgaum 

(Murudeshwar_Belgaum), 

Gokarna to Belgaum 

(Gokarna_Belgaum), 

Ankola to Hubbali/ Hubli 

(Ankola_Hubbali), 

Hubbali to Dharwad 

(Hubbali_Dharwad), 

Hubli to Dharwad 

(Hubli_Dharwad), 

Dharwad to Belgaum 

(Dharwad_Belgaum), 

Belgaum to Kolhapur 

(Belgaum_Kolhapur): 

Murudeshwar (KA) ---- Sharavati River Bridge ---- Honnavar (NH66) ---- Kumta ---- Mirjan (NH66) ---- Gokarna cross (Madangeri, NH66, ROL: Gokarna) ---- Ankola (exit NH66 at Baleguli Cross and take ROR, RA is NH66 which leads to Karwar, Madgaon, Panjim) ---- Yellapur ---- Kalaghatgi ---- Hubbali/ Hubli ---- Dharwad ---- Kittur ---- Belgaum ---- Chikkalgud ---- Hebbal ---- Gotur ---- Sankeshwar ---- KA-MH border ---- Hiranyakeshi River Bridge, Sankeshwar ---- Gandhinglaj Road crossing (ROL: Gandhinglaj, Ajara, Amboli) ---- Honnihalli ---- HLL Lifecare, Kanagala on left of NH ---- Nipani Gandhinglaj Road crossing/ Goa Phata ---- Tavandi Ghat Waterfalls ---- Nipani (MGM Hospital on left of NH48) ---- Veda Ganga River Bridge - Mangur Phata ---- Soundalga ---- Dudhganga River Bridge ---- Kognolli Toll Plaza ---- Kagal ---- Kolhapur (Highway Police Station/ Mc Donald's). 

Distances: 

Murudeshwar to Honnavar = 25 kms. 

Honnavar to Kumta = 20 kms.  

Kumta to Mirjan = 8 kms. 

Mirjan to Ankola = 28 kms. 

Mirjan to Gokarna Cross = 10 kms. 

Gokarna to Gokarna Cross (NH66) = 10 kms. 

Gokarna to Ankola (Baleguli Cross) via Gokarna Cross, Madangeri = 30 kms. 

Ankola (Baleguli Cross) to Yellapur = 67 kms. 

Yellapur to Hubbali = 70 kms. 

Hubbali to Dharwad = 18 kms. 

Dharwad to Kittur = 31 kms. 

Kittur to Belgaum/ Belgavi = 43 kms. 

Belgaum (Mayur Belgaum Presidency Hotel) to Nipani (MGM Hospital) = 68 kms. 

Belgaum (Mayur Belgaum Presidency Hotel) to Kolhapur (Mc Donald) = 105 kms. 

Nipani to Kolhapur = 37 kms. 

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 Online Navigation Maps 

- Skip Google Maps 

- User Generated Best Routes 

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Road trip from Pune to Goa, Karwar, Gokarna, Murudeshwar, Udipi and back in April 2023

Ravindra Narayan Kale drove from Pune to Goa and onwards to Gokarna, Murudeshwar, Udipi and back in April 2023. 

Day 1: Start from pune ५ am. Reached Madgaon at 3 pm after lunch in Panjim. 

Pune - Kolhapur - Nipani - Ajara - Amboli - Sawantwadi - Panjim - Madgaon. 

Stayed at Hotel Nanutel Madgaon. 

Day 2: Left Madgaon for Gokarna (3 hrs drive with halts) after breakfast. 

Stopped at Karwar to visit Naval Museum. Also stopped for a while at Idagunji Ganapati Temple. 

Checked in at Hotel Namaste Samudra, Gokarna.

 

Day 3: Gokarna to Murudeshwar (2 hrs 30 mins). Stopped at Mookambika Temple, Murudeshwar Temple enroute. 

Stayed at Hotel RNS, Murudeshwar. 

Day 4: Murudeshwar to Malpe, near Udipi. 

Enroute stopped at Maravanthe Beach with Arabian Sea on the right and river on left. 

Checked in at Hotel Paradise Isle Beach Resort, Malpe for 3 nights. 

In Udipi there's Shrikrishna Temple.  

From Malpe drove to and fro Shringeri Math on Day 5 and to and fro Dharmasthal on Day 6. 

Day 7: Malpe (Udipi) - Murudeshwar - Gokarna (took ROR at Gokarna) - Yellapur - Kittur - Belgaum - Kolhapur.

Checked in at Hotel Vrushali in Kolhpaur. 

Day 8: Kolhapur - Satara - Pune 

Most of the temples had dress code for men and women for entry, viz. white lungi for men and saree/ churidar kameez for women. White lungi can be bought at the entrance of temple in Gokarna. 

10 years of Indian Roadie 2013-05-04 to 2023-05-04

Indian Roadie (2013-05-04 to 2023-05-04). 

10 years young. 

48,000 followers throughout India and overseas. 

Truly Indian. 

Shining bright. 

Always 'High On Cognition'. 

Fuel Additives render NO tangible benefits to petrol or diesel engines

Do Fuel Additives render any tangible benefits to petrol or diesel engines? 

Let's discuss. 

As a die-hard senior marketing professional with hands on quality experience in a MNC lube major, my views have no ambiguity. 

Please read on  .....  

 

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Incident at Pardesi Dhaba, Gajole - Perils of Planned Night Driving

https://fb.watch/krVyELPolv/ 

Counter video: 

https://fb.watch/ksd_9bqQih/ 

Oh lovely ❤ 

A very peaceful incident involving a close relative of TMC MLA from Manikchak (who was also an erstwhile TMC minister) and a group of overzealous bikers and YouTubers at Pardesi Dhaba in Gajole, near Malda Bypass in peaceful WB on the intervening night of 8th and 9th May 2023. 

Hopefully, Indian Roadie followers did not miss out on the exchange of threats and the very 'parliamentary' language being hurled by the relative of the MLA and the bikers. 

People still say that highways in WB are so much of fun and 'safe' to drive at night since they so are so empty (sarcasm intended)! 

Thankfully, the lady who's heard screaming was not forcefully taken for a 'joyride' in the Mahindra Thar with a WB66 registration as the situation went out of control. 

Can you hear the courageous, intellectually rich and know-it-all fun-loving biker roadies of WB screaming incoherently? Does anybody think that the law enforcers would have come to the aid of either groups? 

Isn't it surprising that the authorities and/or employees of the well known dhaba made no efforts to stop the hooliganism. 

I wouldn't like myself to be embroiled in such an unpleasant situation in an unknown location at night. It's not clear what exactly was the reason for the flare up. 

I (Deep Banerjee) am such a coward. Like an utter fool, I keep blabbering 'No Planned Night Driving'. 

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Bhopal to Varanasi, Jabalpur to Varanasi - Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Motoring Route, Driving Route

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

Bhopal to Varanasi 

(Bhopal_Varanasi), 

Jabalpur to Varanasi 

(Jabalpur_Varanasi), 

Bhopal to Jabalpur 

(Bhopal_Jabalpur), 

Bhopal to Rewa 

(Bhopal_Rewa), 

Bhopal to Mirzapur 

(Bhopal_Mirzapur),  

Jabalpur to Rewa 

(Jabalpur to Rewa), 

Jabalpur to Mirzapur 

(Jabalpur_Mirzapur): 

Route (Option 1): 

Bhopal (MP) ---- Vidisha ---- Sagar (MP) ---- Eklavya University ---- Damoh ---- Rithi bypass ---- Katni bypass (ROL: Rewa, ROR: Jabalpur) ---- Jukehi ---- Itama ---- Maihar (MP) ---- Nadan ---- Amarpatan ---- Rewa (Chorahta Toll Plaza) (MP) ---- Mangawan - Mauganj ---- Hanumana ---- Mirzapur bypass ---- Mirzapur, Lal Bahadur Shastri Bridge over Ganga River ---- Aurai (intersection with NH19, ROL: Prayagraj, ROR: Varanasi) ---- Varanasi (Heritage Institute of Medical Sciences on left of NH19) ---- Hotel Kaushik on left ---- SMS School of Management Sciences on left of NH19) ---- Varanasi (Daffi Toll Plaza, Akhri bypass) 

Distances (Option 1): 

Bhopal to Katni via Vidisha, Sagar, Damoh 

(Bhopal_Katni) = 345 kms. 

Bhopal to Sagar bypass 

(Bhopal_Sagar) = 167 kms/ 2 hrs 30 mins. 

Sagar bypass to Damoh via SH 

(Sagar_Damoh) = 78 kms/ 1 hr 30 mins.  

Damoh to Katni bypass 

(Damoh_Katni) = 100 kms/ 1 hr 30 mins. 

Katni bypass to Maihar 

(Katni_Maihar) = 60 kms/ 1 hr.  

Maihar to Rewa (Chorahta Toll Plaza) 

(Maihar_Rewa) = 65 kms. 

Rewa to Hanumana (MP) 

(Rewa_Hanumana) = 100 kms. 

Hanumana to Mirzapur (Lal Bahadur Shastri Bridge, Ganga River) 

(Hanumana_Mirzapur) = 71 kms. 

Mirzapur (Lal Bahadur Shastri Bridge, Ganga River) to Aurai (intersection with NH19) 

(Mirzapur_Aurai) = 15 kms. 

Aurai to Varanasi (Daffi Toll Plaza) 

(Aurai_Varanasi) = 50 kms.  

Route (Option 2): 

Bhopal ---- Obaidullaganj ---- Bari ---- Bareli ---- Khargone bypass ---- Udaipura ---- Manguwan ---- Jabalpur ---- Sihora ---- Saleemanabad ---- Piprod ---- Katni bypass (Delhi Public School on left) ---- Jukehi ---- Itama ---- Maihar ---- Nadan ---- Amarpatan ---- Rewa (Chorahta Toll Plaza) ---- Mangawan - Mauganj ---- Hanumana ---- Mirzapur bypass ---- Mirzapur, Lal Bahadur Shastri Bridge over Ganga River ---- Aurai (intersection with NH19, ROL: Prayagraj, ROR: Varanasi) ---- Varanasi (Heritage Institute of Medical Sciences on left of NH19) ---- Hotel Kaushik on left ---- SMS School of Management Sciences on left of NH19) ---- Varanasi (Daffi Toll Plaza, Akhri bypass) 

Distances (Option 2):  

Bhopal to Jabalpur via Obaidullaganj, Khargone 

(Bhopal_Jabalpur) = 308 kms. 

Jabalpur to Katni bypass (Delhi Public School) 

(Jabalpur_Katni) = 100 kms/ 1 hr 30 mins. 

Katni bypass to Maihar 

(Katni_Maihar) = 60 kms/ 1 hr.  

Maihar to Rewa (Chorahta Toll Plaza) 

(Maihar_Rewa) = 65 kms. 

Rewa to Hanumana (MP) 

(Rewa_Hanumana) = 100 kms. 

Hanumana to Mirzapur (Lal Bahadur Shastri Bridge, Ganga River) 

(Hanumana_Mirzapur) = 71 kms. 

Mirzapur (Lal Bahadur Shastri Bridge, Ganga River) to Aurai (intersection with NH19) 

(Mirzapur_Aurai) = 15 kms. 

Aurai to Varanasi (Daffi Toll Plaza) 

(Aurai_Varanasi) = 50 kms.  

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

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IR GTG 2023-05-07 @ Mio Amore IA - Rishi Raj Mehra

It was a nice meeting with fellow Indian Roadie Rishi Raj Mehra from Kolkata for the first time at our regular Indian Roadie Adda Joint in IA Block, Salt Lake, Kolkata on Sunday 2023-05-07 evening.

Rishi brother, looking forward to meeting you more often with wife and daughter or stag at all our future Indian Roadie GTG.
It was a pleasure riding your spanking new, absolutely silent petrol driven lovely black Mahindra XUV700 as a passenger although the distance traversed was just about 300 mtrs.
The set of Indian Roadie Stickers will reach you soon. 

P.S: It will be great if Rishi invites all his friends and acquaintances owning Mahindra vehicles to JOIN Mahindra XUV700 Brand Admirers and/or Mahindra Brand Admirers. 

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* Indian Roadie GTG 

I along with 2 of my friends are returning to Mumbai and are close to Nasik. We have halted for lunch.

Last 15 days we have been traveling in our own Hyundai Creta from Mumbai to Haridwar, Hrishikesh, Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath, Badrinath, Nainital, Agra, Khajuraho, Bhopal, Indore and back. We are in the last lap of our journey on 15th day.

We would clock about 5,500 + KMs by the time our vehicle rests in the garage!!

Maharashtra, MP, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, UP, are the states we travelled and crossed major rivers like Tapi, Narmada, Kshipra, Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati, Alaknanda, Bhagirathi etc.

Such a beautiful country spread over thousands of KMs and such a diversity. ....

It’s a pleasure indeed......
Mera. Bharat Mahan ... truly!!!!

Part 2 -

From Western Peninsula of Mumbai we travelled towards north west and then towards north. While returning we came via Central India back home.

We saw a clear transformation of practically everything around us. The shapes and sizes of the Great Sahyadri range starts to appear like elongated hills. The mighty Himalaya beats every other mountain range by a great scale. Be it Sahyadri, Aravali or Shivalik. The river gets defined better when one sees Ganga and Yamuna.

The fields, crops, trees birds .... everywhere is different. Even the shades of green change. The skies are blue in a copy book style.

The types of cattle change. The housing and structures change. Even the headgears change alongside the dress materials.  The language changes and the way locals greet also changes. It’s great to see people saying Namaste with folded hands in a traditional manner. No wonder if food habits and cuisine changes too.

One welcome change needs to be underlined and that is - excellent road conditions and great awareness about overall cleanliness. Should this enthusiasm continue further for another 5 to 10 more years and we will see a different India for sure.

Drive undertaken and documented by Vinayak Mauskat, resident of Mumbai.

Road trip to Thachi Valley

Solitude, when comes along with alluring view and unfaded air, is sure to reboot the human system!
Delhi offers its own medley of weekend getaways, but a common Delhiite always struggle to find an unfrequented destination and end up visiting Nainital or Shimla or Rishikesh.
THACHI VALLEY is one lesser known destinations.
Thachi, a small hamlet in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, is nothing less than a Zion. Google claims that it is 487 kms from Delhi, but what it doesn’t say, is that the terrain is exclusively precarious especially the last 40 kms stretch and the bus drivers literally forget to take their foot off from the accelerator while climbing the hills. 
When you plan to visit, better carry a poly bag even if you are the most avid mountaineer in the history of mankind (or womankind or both). But, the amateurish road connecting the valley says a lot about the unexplored sanctity of the valley.
Initially one tends to be sceptic about the place, but when you have mountains on your mind, well, nothing can gravitate you away from setting foot on new grounds (or mountains).
After the initial desk based exploration, your next move should be to board your preferred ride to Mandi.

Everything was planned and patched by a travel agent for which he charged 5300 per head and that included a round trip to Delhi, Stay, Food and 2 super awesome treks.
We started our voyage on 18th. May 2017, Thursday at 1900 hours, submerged in the seat of Volvo that proudly read 0001 on the number plate and played Bahubali 2 inside the 32inch screen. Good thing about travelling via Haryana is you get to eat at Haveli (One of the most famous and highly rated food joint)

But the only problem is, there are hundreds of Haveli on the highway and every bus stops at different Haveli and every time I eat at one of those I feel like I have eaten on the wrong Haveli, well this is what high expectation does to you.
Six of us were supposed to reach on next day (i.e. Friday) somewhere around 11:00 am, but, it seemed like our bus driver was playing NFS on Xbox with a cheat code for unlimited life and was driving as if every overtake and drift would give him extra point, finally he pushed the break peddle at Aut at 06:00 am in the morning. Alive but half dead, we de boarded the bus and waited for our ride to take us to Thachi.
The jeep took couple of more hours to drop us at Thachi Valley at our stay. As we reached before time so it took the management around one more hour to arrange and set our abode. Guddu took us to our stay,……..what, did I just say Guddu, oh! Please let me take a moment to introduce our beloved Guddu Rangeela, the guide. If you plot Guddu Rangeela on Casanova axes, you’ll find him hanging somewhere in between a womanizer and a jovial person and if you extrapolate his existence, people of our next generation would definitely visit Thachi to research on Guddu, the Rangeela Guide. Well, whatever he is, he is the world famous person in the whole of the Valley :D
Coming on to our stay, the wood house, well, we crossed an apple farm and did a little trekking to reach there and what unfolded completely stunned us. The place was a heaven

I mean we could have literally and happily spent the rest of our trip time hanging around that place. The panorama view from the balcony was a blend of apple farms, mountains’ tops and valleys’ bottom.
Guddu arranged breakfast for us and scheduled the Trek to Chajwala Peak at 12:00 in the afternoon.

The trek started from our stay. Unlike other commercialized hill stations, there is a lot of lush greenery left in the valley.

The trek stretch for the day was 12kms to and fro. We started off with a lot of energy and enthusiasm, taking snapshots, absorbing the untouched sunshine and listening to the calmness of mountains, we strode.

Living in Delhi causes your lungs to stop expecting so much of pure oxygen in one dub, so the anticipated fatigue takes a bit longer to creep in when you trek on mountains. Our first official stop was the Hadimba Temple, though we took infinite unofficial stops by acting dead.

The temple is a marvel, situated on a peak and bowed down by a majestic green plain, with the air gushing through the walls of temple, it could make a perfect sight for a Bollywood movie shoot themed on Reincarnation.

Guddu gave us a window of 30 mins to rest and play before we stomp further for Chajwala peak.

Frolic and hungry we started again, untypical thing about this trek was that, we couldn’t find other trekkers or usual Maggi points.

But what we did find was a much needed respire, we found an ice cream guy :)
Chajwala peak was filled with locals, playing cricket and football, a small lake offered freshly minted water straight from the mountains. The place was indeed picturesque and lively,

but hungry up to the brink we didn't stop there for long and moved to the place where our lunch was waiting for us. Guddu had arranged lunch in the house of some local people with local cuisine.

The food was delicious and we stuffed as much as we could.
The return journey was easy and quick, we took the route via main market and came back to our wooden palace by 7:00 along with the dusk. The night was reserved for Bonfire, the speedy wind and pitch dark world around our stay created a perfect aura for a horror movie shoot.

My playful group did its best to theorize their imagination about the spirit appearing from the darkness and made the place appeared to be completely haunted, the weather played in sync and turned the atmosphere even more bizarre. We dared each other to walk up to the end of the balcony alone and stay there for 5 mins, well, obviously none was able to complete the task.
Saturday, 21th. May, 2017: A mid difficult level, 40kms roundabout Trek to Gaon Beed was schedule to be activated at 07:00 am. The fight between warm bed and frosty floor was taking its toll on some of us

Others got up at 05:00 am in the morning to witness the fast hand landscape of Mountains manufacturing the cloud and sun giving space and diffused light to their ethereal love.

We took our breakfast, packed small carry bags with extra cloths and chips and biscuits and water and left for the trek at 08:30 am. Hopping and singing and crossing the main market and a primary school and the thachi village we reached Ashu Alli waterfall. We planned to get soaked before we moved forward

the water was icy cold and the manoeuvring required to reach the bottom of the water fall could be tagged as expert level. Vivek started the ceremony of slipping and falling into the water, soon the whole group followed the lead and end up hurting their legs, hands, heads and what not.

We had 3 more people accompanying us, carrying tents and sleeping bags, we decided to carry our sleeping mats by tying in around our bags, jackets, belts.
The trackway was splendid, a mingle of broken stairs, muddy ground, bewitching Greenfields, extensive plains, huge trees and secluded surroundings with no trace of local settlements. A treat to eyes and soul of every mountaineering connoisseur.

Every now and then Beas river open up a small visible water source to cheer up the trekkers and keep them moving.

The trek kept on translating from steep slopes to plains to forest to deserted river bed to narrow pathway, sometimes just enough to put a foot at a time.

Rajesh, our guide arranged lunch for us at Kamedhar village, we reached the place at 12:30 in the afternoon, the adorable host offered us Rajma Chawal and Tea and Lassi, Rajesh allowed us to get some sleep.
2 hours of sleep and our System Restored, we were all set to march again, the terrain after Kamedhar village was more of a plain. According to Rajesh ETA to Gaon Beed was 3 hours form there. We were required to reach before sun to avoid crossing paths with wild animals and set up camps and camp fire. On the way, we halted at a Devi temple.

Thereafter, Rajesh took us to a small plateau for sightseeing, we crossed a farm, a road block and few broken stairs to reach that place.

We finally reached Goan Beed at 5:00 pm along with the dusk

Rajesh advised to setup the camp in a valley and not on the peak, as according to him probability of survival in the valley and not getting eaten up by wild animals was higher there, than on the peak, plus there was a source of water and few settlements in the valley. The Greenfield offered a lot of perfect spots to make world class DP.
Rajesh got our dinner cooked and delivered to us inside our camps. Temperature started dropping exponentially after the subset.

All along our trek we were wandering what kind of wild animals Rajesh was talking about, finally when we dared to ask, he replied not to worry, at times Tiger might appear but it doesn’t usually eat humans, it preys on lambs, that was just enough to make our hearts skip few beats, and we were like, dude you are talking about THE TIGER right! And Rajesh was like, relax Tiger would come after 10:00 pm, by that time you all would be asleep. C’mon man who sleeps with the fear of waking up in a tiger’s stomach. We took our dinner and cuddled ourselves in our sleeping bag hoping and praying to wake up in the same sleeping bag.

Sunday, 21st. May, 2017. The morning was beautiful and quiet. Every one of us slept before 10:00pm the night before, so we didn’t actually know whether Tiger visited us or not! But then also the first thing we did was counted our people. The day was booked for further trekking to a Devi temple, a Shiv temple and the majestic Kamedhar grassland. We started at 8:00 in the morning, after taking our breakfast at the campside

morning trek was accompanied by a group of lambs and cows.

We were trekking for 3 days in a row and every day the terrain was very different, on that day, the trek comprised of farms land, stones ways, small stair bridges, Green land and forest.

Rajesh asked us to stay close as we would be crossing some water sources and might cross some wild animals, again he meant the TIGER, and advised us not to react in case we see the TIGER. Then what, we all walked silently behind him, until we crossed the red zone.

Somewhere around 10:30am we reached Kamedhar Grassland, the place seems like an exclusive work of some enchantment. Carefully curated to the hearts delight, surrounded by dense forest, the plain boast of few mythical stones fallen from the sky and converges on the Shiva Temple.

The beauty of the place is overwhelming and one could never get just enough of the place.

We spent around 30 minutes there and then started trekking down to the same place where we had lunch, the return trek was more dangerous as the slopes were steeps and covered with dry leaves, we  had to slide down at few places to land safely on the receding path.

Around 12:30 we reached back to our lunch point. By the time we finished our lunch and braced ourselves for last stretch of the trek, it started raining. Guddu, the guide was supposed to escort us further. One thing we have learnt about the mountain rains is that they don’t have equal love for the whole of the mountains, the clouds may rain on their favourite peak leaving the others to desire and manipulate wind to push the clouds over them. So we decided to move on in the rain. Amazing surrounding coupled by rain and on the top of it Guddu was playing some really romantic songs on this speakers, a perfect recipe to fall in love.
Our bus to Delhi was scheduled to pick us up at 7:00 pm from Tholat, so we had to reach at our stay by 4:00 pm. We grabbed some maggi from the market, as no mountain trip can be completed without eating a maggi. 04:15 pm, we hit our stay, cooked our Maggi and tea,

and left for Tholat in cabs arranged by Guddu sir.
We wanted to eat at Tholat, but we already had a nightmare experience while travelling to Thachi, so we played safe. Well, I am not saying we didn’t eat anything. Actually, we took some kind of anti-vomiting pill, and put our complete faith on it. We ate, in full confidence that nothing would happen.

In the morning when we reached Delhi, we found that each one of us had over expected the tolerant power of the medicine.
But before getting down the bus we planned to visit the place again during snowfall. We have to, we even promised this to Guddu Rangeela. 
Text and photo courtesy: Abhinav
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