Hitanshu, I visited Chitrakoot in peak season and it was in spate. Was told that the falls are full the year round but water flow will be much less. CG roads...
Hi, I am planning a 2 day trip from Bangalore to Dubare (near Madikeri). Has anyone been to Dubare elephant camp recently? How is the road condition?...
I was there in september and roads upto kushalnagar is excellent. Do remember to get off the mysore road at srirangapatna and connect to the hunsur road ...
We did the Golden Quadrilateral Drive between Dec 26-31, 2008. The GQ is Bombay-Delhi-Calcutta-Madras-Bombay, and the distance covered in 6 Days was 6,156 kms....
I had been to Dubare in Oct-end this year. Road is not so good for the last few kms. Dubare elephant-rides close by 12 PM and the stop taking new rides after ...
Kumar and team, Great achievement folks. While we were still thinking of possible dates for GQ ride in Jan/Feb 2009, you guys have done it. Post the picture...
Kumar You could have given advance notice of this trip. Possibly you could have met the guys in different places. You are a 'reference guy' for all of us and...
SVV, The Drive plan was so hectic that there was hardly time for anything but drive, drive and drive. Yes, we should start compiling a page for volunteers in...
Folks Last week I was coming into Mysore City from Nangangud side. About to enter the city, I saw the bye-pass on the left hand side of the road. However, my...
, If you are going to Ooty from the Bangalore side or vice versa, you are best advised to take the Mysore bypass - you turn to either side, right or left,...
Mr.Vijayaraghavan has put forward very good idea.But Dr.Kumar, you covered 13 states in 6 days.I'd love to know the distance covered in kms and what was the...
Doc, The distance was 6,156 kms in my SCorpio. Kumar From: phgupta1 Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 1:27 PM To: indiahighways@yahoogroups.com Subject:...
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Absolutely Well done.. Would definately would like more deatils of this trip as would love to do the same in near future. !!! Cheers Ravi Bhavnani ... From: H...
One thing I would like to know...What inspired this trip ??? ... From: H V Kumar To: indiahighways@yahoogroups.com Sent: 03 January, 2009 3:00 PM Subject: Re:...
SVV, Updated and tried to upload, but could not. So here are my details. H V Kumar Bombay, Locality Thane Familiar with Bombay Region, bypassing Bombay, and...
First: The GQ is there, waiting to be driven Second: Wanted to do a 4D3N non-stop drive, to complement my earlier Kashmir Kanyakumari 4D1N drive Third:...
Hi Kumar Updated your details and remarks. Please let me know if you can download and open the file or not. Regards Vijayaraghavan SV Msg. in public interest :...
Hi Kumar How much of the distance in each stretch of the GQ is 100% completed? Of course looking for an approximate number BBY-ND % ? ND - KOL %? KOL -...
SVV, Detailed log book is under compilation, but let me give you some brief details: Bombay-Delhi: - Surat-Baroda stretch is being 6-laned from the existing...
Hey Kumar, I guess the 1st reason, by itself, is the most compelling! Part of my resolutions to put the work-life balance into perspective, and life on the...
Some of the bad patches you mentioned appear to be in a "permanent" state, with no effort being made to improve them? Cheers, Deepak ... From: H V Kumar To:...
Hi, ... This was a very misleading bypass - the intial impression is that the bypass is complete and then you are led back into the town ... The flyover near...
No, only in Karnataka, there seems to be inaction, mainly because the contractor (Essar-UEM) was blacklisted on the Chitradurga-Haveri stretch. Nonetheless,...
Thanks for the corrections and clarifications, Hrishi. In case the others missed it, Hrishi and I did the GQ drive together, he in his Tata Safari and me in my...
Kumar Thats one hell of significant info. Another small piece of info, which you must be having in your fingertips - how much did u shell out as toll charges...
Rs 2,851 was the toll charges paid per car for the whole GQ. Please bear in mind that many sections (like Surat-Baroda) are not toll roads now since...
I must add that Bombay still does not have a genuine bypass, the only one which you can claim to be one being the Kalamboli-Taloja-Shilphata-Mumbra-Kalwa-Thane...