Re: Bangalore to Delhi and back Hi all, I recently drove down to Noida Sector 18 from Bangalore. I started on 24th Dec 2023 with my wife & my pet dog in my Kia Sonet HTX 7DCT. I got it serviced a day before the trip. Thanks to this team BHP forum especially Mr.Hiren Sharma`s post, i got a good amount of idea to undertake this journey.
I took the below route as recommended, had booked pet friendly hotel at Nagpur & Jhansi two weeks prior itself and both were in our budget.
Route
Bangalore -> Hyderabad -> Nagpur -> Jhansi -> Gwalior -> AGRA -> Noida
This journey was done in 3 days.
Day 1 (BLR -> Nagpur, 1064 km)
We left at 3:50AM in the morning from Yelhanka, Bengaluru. Had breakfast at Mr.Idli`s near Kurnool and fed my dog too. Took couple of short tea & pee breaks (almost every 2 hours). Entered Hyderabad ORR around 12:00 PM and exited around 12:40PM. As usual, the roads were great.
Faced heavy traffic from Medchal till Tupran mostly Trucks. Had lunch in some dhaba near Nirmal and then continued.
Roads from Hyderabad to Adilabad were good however with some pockets of heavy traffic but faced bad patches the moment we crossed into MH. Could not maintain good speeds here and eventually the road became good as we were nearing Nagpur. We Reached Nagpur Hotel Silver Suites at 8:30 PM and stayed there for night. The Hotel is fairly OK and nothing much to talk about.
Day 2 (Nagpur -> Jhansi, 597 km)
Next day we started from Nagpur at 9AM after having breakfast. Roads were excellent in Pench National Park and became uneasy once we crossed Seoni. What I meant is that the patch works are done, but its not even and the car tends to unsettle a bit given that sonet has stiff suspension.
As usual, we faced traffic mostly 2 wheelers & Trucks, cattle's who kept our speed in check. Had lunch in some dhaba in Narsinghpur and reached Jhansi around 7PM and heavy fog had started to build up.
We stayed at Hotel Hari Palace, Jhansi. This is budget friendly hotel and allows pets. They have their own restaurant and served pretty good meals. Also, this hotel is right on the main road which meant that we could have a quick exit from the city.
Day 3 (Jhansi -> Delhi, 457 km)
We left Jhansi around 9AM and were in midst of heavy fog. Couldn`t get to good speeds due to this.
Faced bad traffic all the way from Gwalior. Morena, Dholpur and it was chaos all around. Lot of two wheelers, tractors and trucks, crossings, cattle's etc.
Here, we had a incident.
There was a mad traffic once we crossed into Dholpur(Rajastan) with long line of trucks. I somehow managed to dodge these trucks and overtook them and reached a traffic junction. 2 traffic cops were managing this junction manually. one of them saw my car and had a glance at registration number (KA) and after couple of seconds, asked me to pull aside. I wondered what for, yet parked my car as per his demand.
Till then, I didn't realize that my wife had removed her seatbelt and I figured out they will issue challan due to this. She had removed her seatbelt in dholpur town to spit outside (her health was not in good shape, and she had cough). As usual, the cop checked car documents and fined us for not wearing seatbelt. He said that the fine as 2K and proceeded to write issue a challan(or was he acting). I was skeptical a bit about the fine amount but paid him 2K without much arguement. Now, i expected a reciept and waited for him to provide the same. When asked, both the cops acted weirdly saying no receipts and all, if required then I need to go to Police Station. I got furious and gave them a mouthful and demanded receipt. Also, i showed them the portal wherein charges for not wearing seat belt was 1K. I took a stand that I shall not leave without getting a receipt. The Cops were asking me to take my car away from the highway road else will be towed away, I did not budge. The traffic was getting lot worse due to this coupled with few locals watching the drama unfold.
After 15-20 minutes or so, a Police vehicle came, and an officer inside asked us what the commotion is about. My wife with her teary eyes took the lead and explained and questioned these two cops' motives and said it was not right on their part to misbehave with tourists. I maintained my stand that give us the receipt for passenger side not wearing seatbelt, refund excess amount and then we will leave.
The officer apologized immediately and gave a mouthful to those 2 cops and made them to refund the whole amount and let us go with just a warning.
We left from there after thanking the Police officer.
Crossed into agra and had lunch at Jewar Toll Plaza (Yamuna Express Way) and reached Noida around 5PM.
Except for the last day stretch, the entire journey was comfortable for us and even for the dog too. |