Let me add to what Prodrocks mentioned. In the last 10 days, I have been travelling out of Mumbai to Pune, Kolhapur, Satara, Ratnagiri, Nashik and Ahmednagar...
... Totally agree with this. I somehow find the expressway a pain to drive on and not because of the traffic, but because the road surface is plain shabby. The...
Can't believe that there is crime in Bhutan now - so sad. When we stayed there, it was not even mandatory to lock the doors while going out. And Thimpu with...
When I travelled through the North Bengal region in 2001, I heard of safety issues in Behrampur, Raiganj and Cooch Behar regions. Is it still the same? I was...
A very admirable effort by Adhiraj Jogelkar. A wider distribution of such drivers' education material, possibly, through our Road Transport Offices (RTO) could...
Hi, It's getting way OT for this group. Will reply directly in future on OT items. Manas is open again of late. Any recent visitors on this group? Sutripta ......
Kumar/Rohit I went with my wife and four year old daughter and didn't face any problem, driving during the day only. However, this road being close to the...
Shivaram, Obviously, Route 1 is the most direct and shortest route to get to Mumbai from Amritsar. Route 2 is a great drive, first along NH15 via Faridkot,...
Thanks Kumar. We would be doing this in early August, assuming it would be raining in these parts at that time. We were planning for a for a 2 night stay in...
Pokhran has got some decent accomodation. I have stayed at the RTDC hotel there, good place, it is a motel. Jaisalmer is 1 hour away for a very fast driver,...
Hello friends, Here is a good report on infrastructure development around the world from Ernst & Young and the Urban Land Institute. I thought you might be...
I was busy visiting north India [by train]In Marh I was in Patna, Muzaffarpur,Varanasi and allahabad.In April-May I was in Delhi,Aligarh, Badaun,Kaasganj, Agra...
Hello, I am glad I joined this community. I am a transportation engineer by profession and passionate about all things connected with surface transport. I...
Sorry, I hit the sent button before attaching the excel file. My apologies. Maneesh Mahlawat maneesh mahlawat <m.maneesh@...> wrote: Hello, I am glad I...
Very difficult question to answer, Maneesh. Since most of us don't really care for speed limits (is it 60 kmph or 80 kmph on our highways), time taken is very...
Looking at teh distances our own members do, 1,000 kms is no more a barrier. Our members routinely do Mumba-Bangaore, for instance, in a day, a distance of...
Here is a report in Telegraph: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070605/asp/calcutta/story_7874805.asp Issue Date: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 A drive to London -...
Dear Mr Kumar, Thank you for your input. Your information has put things in perspective to me. I hope other members will reply to message as well so that I get...
I would say it really depends on the kind of road (GQ or good old highways), time of the day you start and whether you are travelling with your family who...
hi maneesh... i have undertaken quite a few road trips in recent times...and time taken actually varies depending on whether you are travelling with family,...
can you suggest the details and your tips on travelling from Mumbai to Patna and back. Considering the fact that I am an avid driver and 1000Km a day is not an...
A few quick points: 1. The quality of roads has gone up in general, plus the GQ has given India some fantastic roads 2. Cars are much more powerful and faster ...
Vipul, That is great, we do have a serious shortage of members who are familiar with the roads in what is called the "cow belt" - UP, Bihar. Most of us are in...
We also have very few people who are familiar with the North-East. The govt has set aside a sizeable sum for road development projects in the NE. Anyone who...
Maneesh Just additing my bit to this discussion. The longest distance I travelled without a break (other than food and bio) was from Goa to Chennai on 28th...
Hi Maneesh As kumar said, we all have different travel times depending on a variety of factors. I do medium distance drives for eg Mumbai - Goa = 600km, 13...
Very true Sudito... I do Delhi-Chandigarh in 2.5 - 3 Hrs, non stop when alone, and with family I do it in 5 hrs with one stop. Similarly Delhi-Haridwar, in...
Hi Manish, Great to have you here .Everyone here is not an engineer like you,but yeah all of us are passionate about almost everything connected to surface...
