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Originally Posted by ptushar Oops. Saw this very very late. I believe you would have already done this route by now. I had been upto Devprayag and then returned back to Rishikesh. I did the Rishikesh to Mussoorie route via Dehradun.
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Did this last to last week. Updating road status for the benefit of others.
Was planning to take the Meerut-Muzaffarnagar-Roorkee-Haridwar-Rishikesh route, up till Kanatal.
However, after Muradnagar, Google showed a major jam, and routed us through the Upper Ganga Canal road, which let us bypass Meerut, and got us back on to NH 334 around Khatauli.
Narrow single lane road running parallel to a canal throughout. Although it had very less traffic (not desolate though), and scenic (calm canal on one side, and sugarcane fields on the other), you can't maintain too much speed because of two reasons - 1. narrow single lane with rather low embankments on both sides mean you need to take your car off (down) the road to overtake; 2. This time of the year, it was loaded with slow moving overloaded tractors/trucks carrying sugarcane. We made a mental note not to take it again, if we cross it back at night.
Okay-ish road conditions up till Roorkee from Khatauli - regular 4 laned highways with the usual occasional traffic jam thrown in. Around Roorkee, things start going downhill - traffic starts building up once you approach Roorkee, and you get stuck in the city for the lack of a bypass.
Roorkee to Bahadrabad is an undivided 2 lane stretch marred with infinite patchworks & potholes. Add too much bus & local traffic, and its a real pain.
You get somewhat good roads till you approach Haridwar, and post this its a slow crawl to Rishikesh - roads are dug up in many places owing to widening work/flyover construction. Could also be the time we crossed it too - around 6 PM.
Rishikesh to Kanatal via Chamba was good, with only occasional patches where road widening work was happening, and traffic channeled into single lanes, but overall good roads.
Overall, started at 1PM from Delhi, and reached Kanatal at 10PM (including a 1 hr food break).
Return, we followed the same route, till Google again threw up red in Meerut, and showed a delay of 2hrs+, and suggested the Upper Ganga canal road again. Took the risk as we were 2 cars and 3-4 people in each, but not one of the best decisions - it was just too foggy, with extremely poor visibility. Was able to maintain an average speed of only about 40km/h.
Managed to reach back the highway at Muradnagar, and stuck to it till Ghaziabad. Started at 12PM from Kanatal, and reached Gurgaon at 11PM (including 1.5hrs break for food & a flat tire repair)
A special mention on the Upper Ganga Canal road: Although a bit shorter & faster, it is relatively empty. Only when I got back and read up on the road did I realize how unsafe it was, and the magnitude of risk we took that foggy night dawned upon me. Would advise fellow members to not stop for anything on this road.
An old article, but the conditions still look the same.
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