Showing posts with label UP. Show all posts
Showing posts with label UP. Show all posts

Friday, 10 July 2020

Kanpur to Mirzapur to Renukoot - Indian Roadie Preferred Route


Indian Roadie Preferred Route - Kanpur to Renukoot, Uttar Pradesh (428 kms/ 10 hrs with about 40 minutes break):
Kanpur (near, Allenhouse Institute of Technology, Rooma, Kanpur) (8.00 am) - Fatehpur - Allahabad Bypass - Handia - Gopiganj (Exit NH19 and turn right, ROL: Bhadohi 18 kms, RA: Varanasi) (1.00 pm) (255 kms/ 5 hrs) - Aurai - Lal Bahadur Shastri Bridge over Ganga River, at Mirzapur Vindyachal (21 kms/ 30 minutes) - Marihan - Hinduhari - Robertsganj (85 kms/ 2 hrs) - Sone River Bridge (20 kms/ 30 mins) - Sonbhadra - Hathinala - Renukoot (47 kms/ 75 mins) (6.00 pm).

Road condition:
4 lane road Kanpur to Allahabad Bypass,
4 lane road Allahabad Bypass to Gopiganj (outskirts of Bhadohi) with lots of flyovers under construction and road widening work in progress,
4 lane road Gopiganj to Aurai,
2 lane good road from Aurai to Hinduhari,
4 lane road from Hinduhari to Hathinala.
2 lane good road from Hathinala to Renukoot.

When did the drive happen:
Mid June 2020 during Unlock 1.0

Vehicle:
Maruti Suzuki Swift VDI

Food and water:
Carried own home cooked food and enough water.

Number of people in car:
Husband (42), wife and son (11) 

Thursday, 11 June 2020

Migrant worker towing 2 sleeing daughters at night on bicycle 450 kms away to UP


Migrant worker Bablu was spotted at night in May 2020 with his two sleeping daughters who were barely about 2.5 yrs old on busy NH24, near Ghaziabad while he was towing his bicycle to his village 450 kms away between Hardoi and Unnao in UP.
He used to do basic carpentry job but was rendered jobless because of the Covid19 pandemic and the subsequent prolonged lockdown.
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* Indian Roadie Covid19 Lockdown Tales
* How India Travels

Sunday, 17 November 2019

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 -ΓΈ 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.

Monday, 26 February 2018

BJP MLA in UP dies after his Toyota Fortuner SUV collides with truck on NH24 on 2018-02-21



BJP MLA from Noorpur in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh, Lokendra Singh died on 2018-02-21 morning after his Toyota Fortuner being driven at high speed on the wrong flank of 4 lane National Highway 24 (NH24) with median divider collided head-on with a truck in Sitapur district.

The MLA was on his way to Lucknow to attend an investors meet scheduled to be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi later in the day.

We pity the truck driver. Since 'netaji'/ 'vidayakji' died after crashing into a truck, the driver will spend donkeys years in some jail & without any judgement :( :( :(
Now it will be a case of unending misery for the poor family of the hapless driver of the truck.

Would the situation been different even if there were CCTV cameras every 500 mtrs or 5000 mtrs to monitor vehicle movements on the highway?
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=X1PMYiwyrEE