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I have been planning to bring my 2009 Honda City from Delhi to Pune and my plan coincides with my cousin's marriage in between in Nagpur. So I decided why not bring my car from Delhi to Nagpur and then to Pune. An amazing Road Trip happened thereafter. My wife decided to come along as she didn't wanted me to do the trip alone.
I did some calculations using Google Maps and decided that it would be better to stop at Sagar on Day 1 to reach Nagpur on Day 2 by afternoon. Day 2 was the marriage day and we had to leave from Nagpur on Day 4 in the morning. By the end of Day 4 to reach Aurangabad and finally to reach Pune by mid day on Day 5.
Day 1 - Noida, UP to Sagar, MP (650 Kms):
Started from Noida at 7.15 AM to reach Yamuna Expressway just before 8.00 AM. One needs to take care that there are now speed cameras on Noida - Greater Noida Expressway as well as Yamuna Expressway. Hence one needs to take care not to drive beyond the speed limit (80 kmph as per my knowledge).
Once on Yamuna Expressway, its a smooth ride till Agra and I was easily travelling at 120 kmph. Reached Agra at 9.00 AM. However at present the link road from Yamuna Expressway to Agra Gwalior Highway is not completed. When I got down from the Expressway the Google Maps showed the route via a village which had pretty bad roads. I lost close to an hour in covering 10 kms of those village road. We were feeling hungry and we had our breakfast of pooris and Aloo ki sabji in our car only.
At 10.30 AM we finally reached the Agra Gwalior Highway (NH44). Its a 4 lane Highway with mild traffic of all types of vehicles. The road condition is quite good. The traffic becomes a bit heavy near Dholpur and Morena. But gets clear once these small towns were crossed. Once we crossed the Chambal river, the landscape changed completely. It was more barren and less green.
By 11.30 AM we were on Gwalior bypass and the roads were very good. We were easily driving at close to 100 kmph. I was aware that Gwalior Jhansi part is still under construction. My plan was to reach Jhansi by 2 PM.
Once we crossed Gwalior within the next 10 kms the wide road turned into 2 lane road in parts but since we were travelling during the day the traffic was light. Here also we were going on an average of 70-80 kmph. We got some good traffic in Datia and it took us 15-20 mins to cross Datia. But once we crossed Datia, we were again going mostly at around 80 kmph.
At 1.30 PM we reached Jhansi and I was mildly surprised that we had covered so much distance so quickly. We were still not hungry due to the heavy breakfast of pooris and aloo ki sabji and my wife suggested we move ahead. We soon bypassed Jhansi and we came across a board showing Sagar - 200 kms.
We started for on Jhansi Sagar Road at around 1.45 PM. The Jhansi Sagar is by far the best road I have seen in a very long time. Absolutely zero traffic, we were zooming at 120 kmph easily. The only obstacles that were coming up sometimes are the cows on the roads and one needs to take care not to hit them. We reached Lalitpur by 2.30 PM and only the signboard showed just 100 kms to Sagar. My wife was ecstatic as she was not believing the kind of roads and the speed we were maintaining in these parts of the country. She never thought that she will find such good roads in these parts of the country.
At 3.00 PM, we took diversion from NH44 to go to Sagar. We reached Sagar in another half an hour and checked into the hotel. We decided to take a nap even though we were not feeling tired at all. We rest out at Sagar for rest of the day.
I did some calculations using Google Maps and decided that it would be better to stop at Sagar on Day 1 to reach Nagpur on Day 2 by afternoon. Day 2 was the marriage day and we had to leave from Nagpur on Day 4 in the morning. By the end of Day 4 to reach Aurangabad and finally to reach Pune by mid day on Day 5.
Day 1 - Noida, UP to Sagar, MP (650 Kms):
Started from Noida at 7.15 AM to reach Yamuna Expressway just before 8.00 AM. One needs to take care that there are now speed cameras on Noida - Greater Noida Expressway as well as Yamuna Expressway. Hence one needs to take care not to drive beyond the speed limit (80 kmph as per my knowledge).
Once on Yamuna Expressway, its a smooth ride till Agra and I was easily travelling at 120 kmph. Reached Agra at 9.00 AM. However at present the link road from Yamuna Expressway to Agra Gwalior Highway is not completed. When I got down from the Expressway the Google Maps showed the route via a village which had pretty bad roads. I lost close to an hour in covering 10 kms of those village road. We were feeling hungry and we had our breakfast of pooris and Aloo ki sabji in our car only.
At 10.30 AM we finally reached the Agra Gwalior Highway (NH44). Its a 4 lane Highway with mild traffic of all types of vehicles. The road condition is quite good. The traffic becomes a bit heavy near Dholpur and Morena. But gets clear once these small towns were crossed. Once we crossed the Chambal river, the landscape changed completely. It was more barren and less green.
By 11.30 AM we were on Gwalior bypass and the roads were very good. We were easily driving at close to 100 kmph. I was aware that Gwalior Jhansi part is still under construction. My plan was to reach Jhansi by 2 PM.
Once we crossed Gwalior within the next 10 kms the wide road turned into 2 lane road in parts but since we were travelling during the day the traffic was light. Here also we were going on an average of 70-80 kmph. We got some good traffic in Datia and it took us 15-20 mins to cross Datia. But once we crossed Datia, we were again going mostly at around 80 kmph.
At 1.30 PM we reached Jhansi and I was mildly surprised that we had covered so much distance so quickly. We were still not hungry due to the heavy breakfast of pooris and aloo ki sabji and my wife suggested we move ahead. We soon bypassed Jhansi and we came across a board showing Sagar - 200 kms.
We started for on Jhansi Sagar Road at around 1.45 PM. The Jhansi Sagar is by far the best road I have seen in a very long time. Absolutely zero traffic, we were zooming at 120 kmph easily. The only obstacles that were coming up sometimes are the cows on the roads and one needs to take care not to hit them. We reached Lalitpur by 2.30 PM and only the signboard showed just 100 kms to Sagar. My wife was ecstatic as she was not believing the kind of roads and the speed we were maintaining in these parts of the country. She never thought that she will find such good roads in these parts of the country.
At 3.00 PM, we took diversion from NH44 to go to Sagar. We reached Sagar in another half an hour and checked into the hotel. We decided to take a nap even though we were not feeling tired at all. We rest out at Sagar for rest of the day.
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