Update on DPuri - Mettur - CBE - PGT route as on 29th April Travelled with family on 25th morning to Irinjalakuda via Hosur - Dharmapuri - Mettur - Bhavani - CBE - Palaghat - TCR. We returned yesterday via the same route.
Bangalore - Hosur section has to be driven with utmost care as the road works are happening and there are lots of deviations.
Hosur - K Giri, as you all can imagine, is still very good.
K Giri - Dharmapuri section is also good, apart from a number of deviations that we need to take due to road works. But comparing the road conditions in Dec 07- Jan 08 period, it has improved a lot. Please take care of sudden dips / highs on the roads due to the difference in the levels of tarring.
Dharmapuri - Thoppur section has improved a lot. Here also road works are happening and we should carefully overtake as most of the time there are only 2 lanes for vehicle movement.When I travelled, traffic was very very less, so didnt find any major issues.
Thoppur - Mettur - Avinashi - Bhavani section is really good;recently they have re-tarred most of the section. I loved this section in the entire route.
Bhavani - CBE; we face the road works again, but no 'non-motorable' stretches.
CBE - Palghat is good;upto Walayar you will get good roads.The only 'worst' portion is near to Walayar; for about 200 meters! After Walayar, roads are good, but not great.
Palghat - TCR also is comparatively better; beware of reckless drivers; but no un-expected potholes; patch works have been done for the entire section.It is surely a bumpy ride, but way way better than old days.
Distance (one way) covered was 484 KM and reached home in 10 hrs including breakfast,lunch and a couple of stops.
I was pleasantly surprised to see the road condition this time, cos I went through hell during my Dec trip to Kerala in this same route. You would be surprised at the effiicient and swift road works happening in TN state. I reckon, may be after some 10-12 months, driving home and back would be bliss.
Last edited by menonrajesh : 30th April 2008 at 13:19.
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