25th September 2009, 10:38
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25th September 2009, 11:50
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25th September 2009, 13:36
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Bad meaning dangerous or bad roads? Also how many kms of bad roads? Also which highway is it & how to get on the highway towards saswad? I will be starting from Aundh in Pune. Is this route on the same direction as Kolhapur - i.e. to Satara (going towards Panchgani & further). Ashish - it looks like you have travelled to every corner in Maharashtra :-) You are one who always replies to every query of mine - thanks, again. Last edited by carboy : 25th September 2009 at 13:39. | |
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25th September 2009, 13:51
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the road is absolutely safe with less to medium traffic. due to monsoon, current condition of this road is not that level of smoothness. saswad to jejuri, 18 km is rough road and can maintain speed of 50. again, phaltan on wards also with rough patches at some stretches. but don't worry, entire section is manageable with avg travel speed of 50km. you can cover this road in 4.5 hours easily. this is not satara highway. it is called pune pandharpur state highway palkhi mahamarg. the road is much wide. from aundh its like this. aundh-university-jangali maharaj road-swargate-seven loves chowk-AFMC-solapur highway-hadpasar-turn right toward saswad under the overbridge at hadpsar-phursungi-diveghat-saswad-onwards. | |
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25th September 2009, 18:13
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If you or anyone else could give the rough no of kms for one or more of these subtrips, I would be very grateful. pune - saswad saswad - jejuri jejuri - nira nira - lonand lonan - phaltan phaltan - velapur velapur - pandharpur Sorry to be such a bother - I have no sense of direction & I get lost all the time (anywhere I go - I usually manage either overshooting the place or going on a wrong turn at least once) , so I ask for directions 5 times & drive once :-( Also if anyone has any input on good rest stops, eating places, petrol pumps on the way, that would be helpful. Plus decent places to stay overnight in Pandharpur. | |
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25th September 2009, 18:59
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27th September 2009, 08:07
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27th September 2009, 10:00
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 on pune-saswad-lonand route,rough surface road section is 18 km saswad jejuri road. on pune-shirwal-lonand route, rough suface road section is 27km shirwal lonand road. on saswad -lonand route also, you have to pay rs 32 as toll. | |
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27th September 2009, 11:52
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27th September 2009, 12:17
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I had already stopped to use hadpasar road while coming to pune from baramati. Now a days, i use bapdev ghat[ alternate to dive ghat] and enter in pune city at undri near katraj. | |
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28th September 2009, 10:05
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21st October 2009, 13:47
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21st October 2009, 14:23
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From home(Aundh) to Pandharpur was around 225 kms. Takes anywhere between 5 to 6 hours depending on your stops etc. Aundh to Hadapsar took a lot of time - so if you some of the suggestions given to avoid the Pune City traffic are relevant to you, then do take it. These were the worst roads I have travelled on for long distances - this may not mean much because most of my other trips were done on good roads (Pune - Kolhapur, Pune to Ashtavinayaks around the city, Bombay-Pune expressway etc, all of these are decent to very good roads). You need to concentrate all the while in the Pune-Pandharpur trip because even when there are good stretches & you speed up, a bad stretch comes suddenly so you end up in the holed role at your higher speed. I think my silencer bracket came loose in this trip - just got it welded (Rs 200) last week. Not too many good restaurants along the way, so you have to take what you get. Because of not so good food experience while going, while coming back, we ate a heavy breakfast at the ashram & decided that we will only have vadapav on the way back. Ate an absolutely super vadapav somewhere around Saswad while returning :-) - the best pav I have ever tasted in a vadapav - the pav crumbled & melted in my mouth like some fancy french pastry. Petrol pumps not a problem - they are there all along the way. In Pandharpur, I stayed at the Gajanan Maharaj Trust Ashram overnight - very cheap - I think Rs 150 - nothing fancy - but not dirty or anything. There is car parking in the Ashram Grounds. They have a mess/canteen where you get decent food very cheap. It's best probably to go directly to the Ashram, get a room, park your car & then go to to the temple - it's a 5-10 minute walk from the Ashram to the Temple. Last edited by carboy : 21st October 2009 at 14:25. | |
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22nd October 2009, 12:34
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