Rules for driving through HR, PB and entry into JK during Lockdown 2.0

E-pass + mandatory institutional/ paid quarantine till Covid test result + home quarantine for 14 days as per JK UT sop till end of Unlock 2.0, viz. 2020-07-31.
New rules for Unlock 3.0 starting from 2020-08-01 is not yet known.

Entry requirements to JK are stringent. lf anybody has to simply go and drop someone in Jammu, one can drop him/ her off at the PB-JK border so that he/ she can take a local car from Madhopur/ Lakhanpur to Jammu/ where ever.

Indian Roadie Preferred Route for Delhi to Jammu:
Delhi - Ambala - Ludhiana - Jalandhar - Jammu.
Jammu district entry point is urmandal bridge.


The Jammu district authorities allot a time and date for getting the test done as per latest orders.
If results are negative, home quarantine for 14 days is mandatory.
DC Jammu Covid helpline: (0191) 2571912, 2571616.
Kathua/ Lakahnpur Covid control room: 1800 180 71800, (1922) 285329/30.

Punjab needs a mandatory transit ePass. One can register online through Punjab Govt Covid app COVA which will send a link of a barcode that one has to print and paste on windshield.
The bar code is scanned at HR - PB border at Shambhu toll plaza.

No transit ePass is required for travel through Haryana.   

Please refer to:
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/for-entering-punjab-e-registration-must/articleshow/76779458.cms 

Kolkata to parts of North India (viz. PB, HP, HR, UP) road trip in October 2015 by Debasish Dey

Debasish Dey and wife did a tour of northern India (viz. parts of Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh) from Kolkata and back from 3rd to 15th October 2015, covering a whooping 4360 kms in their Ford Ecosport.

Route and itinerary was:
Day 1: (2015-10-03)
Kolkata -  NH2 - Burdwan - Durgapur - Barhi - Varanasi (Stopped for night, sightseeing) 

Day 2 + 3:
Allahabad - Kanpur - Etawah - Agra (stopped for 2 days for visiting Taj Mahal, Agra Fort, Fatehpur Sikri)

Day 4:
Yamuna Expressway - Delhi - Ambala - Ludhiana (stopped for night ) 

Day 5 + 6:
Jallandhur - Amritsar (stopped for 2 days for visiting Golden Temple, Atari-Wagah border) 

Day 7 + 8:
Batala - Gurdaspur - Pathankot - Chakki - Banikhet - Dalhousie (stopped for 2 days for visiting Khajjiar, Chamba ) 

Day 9:
Banikhet - Dunera - Nurpur - Gaggal -ø Dharamsala - Mcleodgunj (day visit) - Dharamsala (nightstay) 

Day 10:
Kangra - Ranital - Mubarikpur - Una - Anandpur Sahib - Ropar - Kurali - Kharar - Rajgarh (NH1) - Delhi outer ring road - Noida - Greater Noida - Yamuna Expressway - Agra (night halt)

Day 11:
Kanpur - Allahabad - Handia - Varanasi (night halt) 

Day 12:
Dehri-on-sone - Barhi - Topchanchi - Dhanbad - Durgapur - Bardhaman (night halt)

Day 13: (2015-10-15)
Kolkata.