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| ![]() Hi! Forgot to rate the roads. Here I go... Belgaum - Khanapur : 5/10 Khanapur - Ramnagar : 3/10 Ramnagar - 15kms further after taking right at Ramnagar: 3/10 Rest of the road till Arossim, South Goa : 7/10 Please note that the benchmark i.e. 10/10 goes to Mumbai- Pune expressway! So the road's rating given accordingly. Regards |
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| ![]() friends, am going to go to goa on 2nd Nov. any idea of the nipani-uttur-ajra road? @drivealot, 2 questions. 1. why 7/10 for Pune-Nipani (and even 6.5 for Nipani-Sankeshwar)? this is really worrying. is it the wait at the tolls? or 6-laning work on the pune-satara sector? 2. Sawantwadi to Panaji should take 1.5 hrs, and not 3 hours as mentioned by your friend. may be they had a break? @omar1310, how would you rate Pune-Belgaum? so that i get a better reference point ![]() Last edited by Minardi : 27th October 2011 at 01:32. |
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BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pune
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almost ready to leave for goa. . 1) you are right . Its the time taken @ tolls & the 6laning work 2) I spoke to my friend again last night . He said there is road work going on @ sawantwadi and some bad stretches of road there. ( few Km's) He took a 20 min break there. thats all. hence driving time is 2hrs 40mins due to slow moving traffic also due to diwali. Cheers | |
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BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pune
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| ![]() Dear friends, Unprecedented rush at. 1st toll booth (@Khed Shivpoor) after Pune. Expect a 15min delay. Cheers Safe driving Narayan |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Mumbai
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| ![]() Hi! Pune Belgaum has been rated earlier in my post. I am doing it again. Pune - Satara: 7.5/10 Satara - Kolhapur toll Naka : 8.5/10 Kolhapur toll - Belgaum exit : 9.5/10 Benchmark is Mumbai- Pune expressway Regards |
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| ![]() I am back in Pune after my trip to Goa. Did Pune --> Belgaum bypass --> Bauxite Road -->Amboli --> Sawantwadi -->Banda -> Baga on 22 October. Road condition: Pune to Kolhapur: decent. Kolhapur - Belgaum: Excellent Belgaum bypass - Bauxite Road - Very bad. Further road till Amboli ghat - Average Amboli ghat: Good Further till Sawantwadi: Average Sawantwadi to Banda: Very Bad Banda to Baga: Very Good. Please avoid the Bauxite road. I went through this road reading earlier posts which indicated that it is better to drive the extra distance and avoid routes via Ajra. I learnt after return journey that Ajra is a better option (less distance and overall better roads). It is pointless to go till Belgaum. Route via Molem may be good, but that add a lot more KM compared to route via Ajra. It did not make sense for me so I avoided that one. Return journey on 26 October. Colva -->Banda --> Very good Banda --> Sawantwadi --> Very bad Sawantwadi --> Amboli ghat --> Good in the ghats. Decent overall. Amboli --> Ajra: Decent Ajra -->Gadhinglaj: Bad Gadhinglaj --> NH4: Average NH4: Very good I will upload a few photos of the Bauxite road in day or two. Please avoid that route if you are coming from Mumbai/ Pune |
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| ![]() My two bits as well. Just returned a day before Diwali from Goa. Took Mumbai-Pune xpway -> NH4 till Sankeshwar -> Sankeshwar-Gadhinglaj-Amboli-Sawantwadi route -> NH17 till Panjim. Xpway, NH4 were no brainers. The Sankeshwar-Gadhinglaj road is smooth except for a few spots where patchwork is underway so should keep getting better. Gadhinglaj - Amboli was quite smooth and the amboli ghat route is good except for a couple of places where landslides would have occurred some time back. Road from Sawantwadi (NH17) is good till about 2 kms before the Goa border. Post that Goa roads are as smooth as their beaches. |
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| ![]() ^They stopped us and did a cursory check of the boot. Since we don't drink, I told them so and he stopped looking. Anyway, here are some pictures of the Belgaum bypass road (Bauxite road) as promised. Very bad road conditions. ![]() ![]() |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UP-15
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| ![]() May be a bit off topic but wish to know the documents one needs to carry when travelling between states. Do we have to carry these documents in original ? 1. R.C. book 2. Insurance Papers 3. Puc Certificate 4. Driving Licence Any thing else apart than these. |
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Yes you need to carry the originals,but carry a xerox copy set as well and show the cops only the copy first.only if they insist on the originals then show it to them.reason cops have a very uncanny way of holding onto the originals and then bargaining for money. |
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| ![]() Thanks ,for the update . Will be leaving for South Goa (Palolem beach) on 14 Nov. After Omar update now i am in double mind should i really take the Nh4A from Belgaum. The Sankeshwar-Gadhinglaj route would be better it seems as Buz Mentioned. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: MH42
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i will travel on sankeshwar-calangut route on 3rd nov and will be back on 6th nov. will update route condition with pics after coming back. will try amboli-danoli-banda route. | |
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