[hvkumar]

Road conditions are good on the Pollachi-Palani-Dindigul route, except for some flyover construction work at Ottanchatram town.

Heavy traffic is going to be a problem though till Dindigul after which the 4-laned road takes over. Not only is traffic dense in Coimbatore-Palani corridor (especially till POllachi), but also beyond Palani when road is much more narrower too.

[ramzsys]

Coimbatore-Pollachi is recently tarred but when you start by 9 AM oncoming vehicle traffic is high.

Palani has a bypass.

Watch out for sudden crater-zones: these were once railway crossings and can take you by a nasty surprise. This occurs after you cross Palani.

As you near Dindugul, one lane of the road was being dug up to be relaid(this was about a month back). Kindly post the updates about it.

You can get farm fresh fruits along the 4 lane road in the Dindugul-Madurai section.

[ampere]

All the more reasons to take the road via Dharapuram. One should see traffic till Palladam.

[smrtdvl]

Originally Posted by ampere

All the more reasons to take the road via Dharapuram. One should see traffic till Palladam.

Thanks mate. Will stick to dharapuram route by taking L & T bypass from Eachanari. And while coming back hope it's safe to stick to the same route as I'll be starting from Tirunelveli around 8.30p.m. Do you think I can reach cbe by 2am max if I maintain an average of 80 km/h?

[varun.ppl]

Wanted to check what is the current condition of the 6 laning project on NH-1, from Panipat till Jalandhar.

Used this route last in Dec'12, a lot of 6 laning had been completed in Punjab side, but there were no road markings of any sort.

Also, most of the flyovers were still in a shambolic shape.

Plan is to go to Jammu, if the condition of NH 1 is still like that then would take Banur - Kharar - Rupnagar route till Dasua which connects back on NH-1A. It's much more scenic and has sparse traffic.

[amitw79]

Originally Posted by varun.ppl

Wanted to check what is the current condition of the 6 laning project on NH-1, from Panipat till Jalandhar.

Used this route last in Dec'12, a lot of 6 laning had been completed in Punjab side, but there were no road markings of any sort.

Also, most of the flyovers were still in a shambolic shape.

Plan is to go to Jammu, if the condition of NH 1 is still like that then would take Banur - Kharar - Rupnagar route till Dasua which connects back on NH-1A. It's much more scenic and has sparse traffic.

I went on this route Feb end till Jalandhar. It is better than before now, although road markings etc are still missing...some of the pain points remains (Ludhiana mainly), another pain point is Jalandhar Bye-Pass traffic signal. This is the byepass which takes you towards Amritsar and then on we right on Pathankot Road.

If your destination is Jammu from Delhi, then I would surely advise the Rupnagar-Dasua route.

[varun.ppl]

Originally Posted by amitw79

I went on this route Feb end till Jalandhar. It is better than before now, although road markings etc are still missing...some of the pain points remains (Ludhiana mainly), another pain point is Jalandhar Bye-Pass traffic signal. This is the byepass which takes you towards Amritsar and then on we right on Pathankot Road.

If your destination is Jammu from Delhi, then I would surely advise the Rupnagar-Dasua route.

Thanks, my plan is to leave at around 11-12pm from Delhi, so effectively can cross Ludhiana and Jalandhar when the entire city is sleeping and literally not on the road. (OT - Being a Punjabi, i am well aware of the situation in entire Punjab, people are always on roads).

But, my only worry is no proper lane marking and diversion markings makes it a bit tedious exercise. I guess would stick to the Rupnagar route only.

[JohnnyBoss]

Please help me with the current road conditions of the above route. I wish to undertake the journey in end August with 2 night stop overs, as I'm not comfortable with night driving. We're 4 males driving either Duster or Linea (not decided which car to take yet). We're OK with driving 12-14 hours/day.

Also please suggest suitable night halting places en-route and anything specially to be taken care of on the above route (read somewhere that there are some safety issues at the stretch between Sendhwa and Shirpur on this route).

Our journey to Jaipur will be via Kolhapur, Pune, Thane, Ahmedabad and Udaipur so not keen on coming back via the same route.

Thank you in advance.

[ampere]

Originally Posted by JohnnyBoss

Thank you in advance.

- Jaipur-Kota via Bundi should be OK
- Kota - Indore should be via Chitorh-Nimbaheda-Ratlam
- You dont have to get into Indore (if you are not planning to stay).
- At Lebad, you should latch on to the road to Pithampur.
- There you get on to Mhow bypass which is the road to Dhule.

I would say avoid Dhule-Beed-Solapur-Bijapur-Hospet sector. Not worth it.
Instead you can try :

Dhule-Malegaon-Shirdi-Nagar-Daund-Baramati-Paltan-Karad.
Its familiar route from there.

[JohnnyBoss]

^ Thanks, ampere for the guidance.

What concern me is the road conditions. I don't mind driving a couple of hundred kms more if the road is good.

I think the reason for your suggestion to avoid the route via Solapur as the other route via Malegaon, Baramati is in better shape than the first. Right?

[bhavtol]

Originally Posted by ampere

- Jaipur-Kota via Bundi should be OK
- Kota - Indore should be via Chitorh-Nimbaheda-Ratlam
- You dont have to get into Indore (if you are not planning to stay).
- At Lebad, you should latch on to the road to Pithampur.
- There you get on to Mhow bypass which is the road to Dhule.

Now from lebad inquire about the new four lane toll road to dhar. Which goes nxt to dhar and drops u at manpur on idr dhule highway. Road from lebad to ptmpur is under construction . Pls refer google maps for diffn. In kms.

[JohnnyBoss]

Originally Posted by bhavtol

Now from lebad inquire about the new four lane toll road to dhar. Which goes nxt to dhar and drops u at manpur on idr dhule highway. Road from lebad to ptmpur is under construction . Pls refer google maps for diffn. In kms.

That's a vital and useful info. Thanks bhavtol.
Is the road conditions on route via Kota and Bund is not that great?

[ampere]

Originally Posted by JohnnyBoss

^ Thanks, ampere for the guidance.

What concern me is the road conditions. I don't mind driving a couple of hundred kms more if the road is good.

I think the reason for your suggestion to avoid the route via Solapur as the other route via Malegaon, Baramati is in better shape than the first. Right?

Check posts by Ashish.

http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/route-...-shirdi-8.html

Thats the reason, I wanted to avoid Beed.

[bhavtol]

Originally Posted by JohnnyBoss

That's a vital and useful info. Thanks bhavtol.
Is the road conditions on route via Kota and Bund is not that great?

The Road from Kota to Jaora is good altogether except for few kms.
The Road from Ratlam (from Jaora itself) to Lebad is 4-laned and is good either in day or night. Its from Lebad that i suggest that rather than going to pithampur you can take direct highway to manpur.

The reason for this - you save tremedous time. As you are planning to travel only in the day and this being the most heavily industrialized area in MP you will face constant traffic including bikes to trailers as well as pedestrians all the way.

Lebad - ghatabillod - pithampur - manpur is best avoided in the above spirit.

From lebad move towards dhar rather than indore after enquiry as to where the toll road starts. I will try and find some info and post it in nxt some days .

[ampere]

Originally Posted by bhavtol

From lebad move towards dhar rather than indore after enquiry as to where the toll road starts. I will try and find some info and post it in nxt some days .

Is it that bad a condition from Lebad to Pithampur? (For about 25 km)
that there is a detour needed? Or its just diversions?