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I did Hyderabad - Nagpur - Betul - Bhopal - Ujjain in October. This is the route I take twice a year. I always take halt in Nagpur as I travel with a pet. Nagpur being a big city has a few pet friendly hotel options.

Hyderabad to Nagpur:
About 515 KM from home to hotel in Nagpur. Completely 4 laned road with good road surface in Telangana stretch. There is lane expansion (4 to 6 lane) during first 40-50 kms and a bypass flyover being constructed at Medchal slowing you down somewhat. Additionally 2 or 3 additinal flyovers in the way at bypasses of bigger towns. But overall great road.
Maharashtra stretch road quality is not that great with lots of potholes which are patched up shoddily and some new potholes too. But you can maintain decent speed, just need more attention to avoid potholes.
I typically start at around 6.45-7 AM and reach hotel in Nagpur by 2-3 PM with a few 5 minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch break.


Nagpur - Betul - Bhopal - Ujjain:
Distance is about 540KM from Nagpur hotel to my home in Ujjain. You can turn towards Indore from Dewas, Dewas to Indore and Ujjain both are similar distance and similar road conditions.
Nagpur till Betul is perfect 4 laned road. Less traffic, no potholes and some stretches with good scenic views too.
Betul to Bhopal is 90% 4 lanes except Bathera ghat and couple of forest reserve areas which are two laned. Ratapani reserve area has 4 laning work ongoing.
Road quality is average with potholes in some small stretches. Traffic is low to medium.
Bhopal to Ujjain via Dewas is again fully 4 laned. Bhopal to Deawas is old 4 lane, so smaller shoulders, no lane markings and several crossings (without red light), however the road surface is pretty good. Traffic is high and a lot of 2 wheelers too, making is difficult to overtake some times.
I start around 6.45-7 AM and reach Ujjain by 3-3.30 PM with few 5 minute breaks, and a breakfast break of about 20 minutes.

Does anyone know if Kannad(Autram) ghat is open for traffic? Last year there was restriction for heavy vehicles for a few months. I see news that earlier thisbyear traffic was completely stopped, but don't see any news of traffic resuming again. Has anyone traveled regeny from Aurangabad to Dhule via Chalisgaon?

Thanks for your update. I was planning a trip to Aurangabad and Nashik and after reading your experience will take the Nanded route back to Hyderabad.
Slightly off the topic but did anyone visited Aundha Naganath temple at Hingoli? Supposed to be a Jyotirling and I was thinking I might as well stay at Parbhani and do it on the return journey as it is midway between Nashik and Hyderabad so will be a good break journey spot as well.

Thank you for this update. I plan to drive from Delhi to Hyderabad via Kota and Bhopal, so this update is very helpful as it covers a part of the route that was reportedly not in good shape a year ago.

Can you please let me know how long you took from Nagpur to Bhopal?

Also, i guess you meant Baretha ghat when you mentioned Bathera ghat.

Fantastic road and good traffic now :thumbs up

I recently traveled this route on 3 Jan and it is great. I was driving from Indore to Bangalore. I didn't take Kannad ghat last year due to warning in this thread. Seems like the construction is over. In fact, the road had negligible traffic. I saw <10 cars in a few hours of driving. It was deserted!

As you can tell from the below screenshot, the average speed also didn't take much hit. Just some curves that need careful navigation is all.

Thanks for the update. How long did it take for you to cover Indore-Sholapur?

630 km in 11 hours. Stopover at Dharashiv, before Tuljapur. Didn't want to make it to Solapur after dark.

Hi all,

Does anyone have an update on the current status of Hyderabad - Indore Expressway?

The expected completion date was March 2025. There are some news which say almost 80% work is done as of Q4 2024.
https://www.timesnownews.com/hyderab...icle-118423889

I'm looking for this information too. Understand that Hyderabad - Nanded is complete and so is Icchapur - Indore. Any idea on the Nanded to Icchapur section? This should be a good alternative to Delhi instead of the usual Nagpur/Sagar route right?

The ghat section from Indore to sanawad (nearly 70kms) is under construction and is often jammed due to minor accidents or vehicle breakdowns.
Sanawad onwards its nearly complete till 10 kms short of Burhanpur.

All dates published by NHAI should be taken with a pinch (or a KG) of salt.

Part of this expressway (actually 4 laned highway) project was approved 10 years back and DPR also completed 10 years back from Indore till Ichhapur. See below report in Dainik Bhaskar from 10 years ago.

https://www.bhaskar.com/mp-oth-mat-l...98233-nor.html

Current status as per my knowledge:.

Hyderabad to MH/TS border (Degloor) About 170km depending on where in Hyd you start from - Fully 4 laned, significant part of this was newly built/greenfield.

Degloor-Narsi about 35km - undivided old 2 lane.

Narsi - Nanded - Washim - Akola - Muktainagar - About 350km - Mix of old and new 4 lane.

Muktainagar - Ichhapur - Burhanpur - Borgaon Buzurg - about 80 km - old undivided 2 lane, condition not good. 4 laning work started very recently and completion would take at least 1-1.5 years, if not more.

Borgaon Buzurg- Indore - 145 km - 4 laning of 45-50 kms is complete, rest of it is WIP. Considering the two tunnels and Narmada bridge, it would easily take a minimum of 1.5 years for this stretch to complete.

Overall the whole stretch between Indore and Hyderabad would get 4 laned by end of 2026 or early 2027.

Is there any update for Degloor stretch, any award of contract, just anything? This would have to be sorted by NHAI. I don't see any work at Muktainagar, a new outer road must there. Don't know why not included or if work not started yet or if I missed anything.

By late 2026 - early 2027, Indergarh and Mukundra tunnels sections of DME would also be complete. And so would Ujjain spur. Most likely, this then would be the fastest route to Delhi from Hyderabad. Fantasy - I hope TG govt can push NHAI to get a Hyderabad ORR to Nanded Expressway done.

Don't see Degloor section related package in the list of awarded/wip/future projects list.

Borgaon Buzurg - Burhanpur - Shahpur - Muktainagar packages awarded in Jan-Mar 2024, work started on some sections. I have not seen the alignment butbideally it should include a bypass for Muktainagar.

I will be doing Hyderbad - Ujjain drive this weekend.
I have always taken a two day route with Hyderabad - Nagpur on day 1, overnight stay in Nagpur and then Nagpur - Bhopal - Ujjain on Day 2. However this time I wanted to avoid spending both days traveling and thought of doing the drive in one day.

It will be first time driving 15-16 hours in a day for me.
Compared below options.

1. Hyd - Nagpur - Bhopal - Ujjain
My usual route over two days. Could have chosen this but decided against it for a few reasons. Have to go through two cities (Nagpur and Bhopal) which will consume more time and be more tiring. Also, wanted to avoid the Bhopal - Dewas section towards the end of journey as there is very heavy traffic on this road especially 2 wheelers and the road is very old 4 lanes (surfacing is good but no shoulders etc.). The section from TS-MH border to Hinghanghat seems to be resurfaced recently. But at the same time the work going on in Ratapani tiger reserve, the road conditions between Bhopal - Itarsi, Satura Tiger reserve and the Baretha ghat section might slow things down.

2. Hyd - Nanded - Washim - Muktainagar - Indore - Ujjain
This route will be perfect in future (is shorter by 230+ kms compared to other options ), but the Muktainagar - Indore section has only 40-50kms which is 4 laned and the rest is old two lane with bad road conditions and lot of diversions because of 4 laning work in progress. It will be slow as well as very tiring.

3. Hyd - Naldurg - Tuljapur - Aurangabad - Dhule - Indore - Ujjain
This is another good option. Mostly 4 laned except Naldurg - Tuljapur stretch and 15-20 kms stretch around Kannad ghat. However the stretch around Omerga is not in good condition and traffic is high even in the morning between Hyderabad to Nagpur.

4. Hyd - Nanded - Washim - Samruddhi MM - Aurangabad - Dhule - Indore - Ujjain
Longest route by distance. However, 205-210 kms of that is on the expressway and about 160 kms on the freshly built NH 161 which has great surface and much less traffic. Although 2 laned stretch before Nanded is 5-6 kms more than the Naldurg - Tuljapur section of option 3, I am hoping that the 360 kms of Samruddhi MM + NH 161 can be covered in about 4.5 hours, especially as I will be starting early morning.

Will be starting at 5 AM and hoping to reach Ujjain by about 8-9 PM. 5-10 minutes break every 2 hours + may be a 15 minute quick lunch break.

Any feedback/suggestion are welcome. I am really surprised that I ended up choosing the longest option, hopefully it works out well. My main criteria was to maximise driving time/distance on 4 laned roads/EW to have less fatigue.

Any one knows how is the Rai Circle - Bicholi Mardana - Dewas road section of Indore bypass? It seems couple of flyover work in progress on this stretch and traffic might be higher when I cross (about 6-7 PM).

It seems too much of a stretch to do it in a day. I would expect it to be a 18-20 hour drive, not 15-16. Which even by long distance drive loving standards is too much.

Barring the Bhopal-Dewas-Ujjain traffic. I don't see a big problem with this route.

Nagpur is an easy town to pass, even going through the city. Only around the Zero Mile region does it reduce to a crawl, remaining sections I've seen myself doing 60-70.

Bhopal has a bypass. Which while is not great is way better than the gully roads of Bhopal.

Barring 2 sections on Betul-Bhopal, remaining is done. All bypasses are done. The only section that makes your BP shoot up is Bhopal-Dewas-Ujjain.

The outline timings would be like 9 hrs to Nagpur, 6 hrs to Bhopal north end and ~ 5 hrs to Ujjain.

This route is largely peaceful. I don't think the sections around Omerga are a big deal. Now that HCVs are off Kannad. The entire route will be a breeze.

Outline timings would be 10 hrs to Aurangabad, 6 hrs to Indore and another 1.5 hrs to Ujjain.

Timings would be par with the Tuljapur route (at the most half hour extra), just that this route has very little food options.