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Originally Posted by kiranpashtakar Thanks a lot airfoil and vinces, the link is amazing....
Why the hell does'nt it appear when we google for maps??? |
Here there is some more info(infact most detailed info) Thanks to MR Kumar of indianhighways. Me too planning the trip.
There are 2 possible routes from Hyderabad to Goa - I do not know what route
the buses take but here go the 2 routes:
Route 1: NH9 etc
Hyderabad-Zaheerabad-Umarga-Solapur-Sangli-Kolhapur-Amboli-Savantwadi-Mapusa-Panaji
Route 2: NH7 etc
Hyderabad-Kurnool-Gooty-Guntakal-Bellary-Hospet-Gadag-Hubli-Kalghatagi-Ankola-Karwar-Cancona-Madgaon-Panaji
The adavantage of NH9 is that you can have a smooth ride till Solapur (high
speed and good condition roads), but the stretch from Solapur to Sangli is
not likely to be as good. From Kolhapur you can take NH4 south till Nippani
where you turn off to reach Amboli (the Karnataka stretch has been reported
to have several bad stretches, plus Kolhapur region has had heavy rains this
year). Down from Amboli to Savantwadi where you join NH17 on which you can
have a riproaring drive till Panaji.
Approximate Distances: Hyderabad-Solapur 300 kms-Kolhapur 225 kms-Savantwadi
130 kms-Panaji 60 kms, totalling approximately 725 kms
The NH7 route offers a good ride all the way through Kurnool to Gooty where
you switch over to NH63. NH63 through Guntakal till Bellary is a terrible
road in the Karnataka side. From Bellary, the road is normally great through
Hospet, Gadag till Hubli. The shortest road from Hubli to Goa is to go to
Dharwad and take the road via Londa, Molem and Ponda to Panaji, but
regretfully the Karnataka part - all the way from Dharwad to the Goa border
at Molem is a disaster. Therefore, the alternative is to go from Hubli via
Kalghatagi, Yellapur to reach NH17 at Ankola, turn north and cross Karwar to
enter Goa at Canacona from the south and proceed to Madgaon and Panaji.
Approximate Distances: Hyderabad-Kurnool 200 kms-Gooty 90 kms -Bellary 80
kms-Hubli 215 kms-Ankola 135 kms-Panaji 135 kms, totalling 855 kms.If you
take the shortest route Hubli-Dharwad 20kms-Londa 60kms-Panaji 110 kms, you
can save 70 kms.
Between the two, you have to choose between Route 2 being 50-125 kms longer
(depending on the sub-route you take) although I suspect that it is better
to face up to the bad roads in the Guntakal-Bellary stretch than to travel
through rain-ravaged Sangli/Kolhapur districts. Or probably you can go one
way and return the other way. The attractions on the NH9 route are that you
could possible drop in at Pandharpur/Kolhapur temples, besides going past
the Amboli station, while the NH7 route offers you an opportunity in Hospet
(Hampi), Gokarna (if you go a bit down south from Ankola).
Only a very fast driver could do withe rof these routes the same day (this
would mean very very early morning departures and late evening arrivals,
plus uncertain speeds because of bad roads in between). In case you want to
halt on the NH9 route, probably Kolhapur could be a good choice, and in the
NH7 route, Hubli. I really don't think you can do eithe rof these routes
under 12 hours, and even 16 hours sounds challenging in the light of bad
roads. I agree that in good road conditions, Route 1 can be done in, say, 15
hours by car if you are consistently fast.
I don't envy your choice, but if I were you I would try out both routes. The
caveats are to ensure that you cross teh bad sections in broad daylight and
avoid some lonelier sections (like Zaheerabad-Umarga, Solapur-Sangli in Nh9
route, and Gooty-Bellary-Hubli in the NH7 route) after dark. Facilities are
also poor in Gooty-Hubli and Solapur-Sangli sections and not great in the
Hyderabad-Solapur section too.