Wanderlust Traveller: Gandikota & Belum. The road less travelled

NPV · 31st December 2017, 15:12

Did a Bangalore-Gandikota-Bangalore day trip and here's an update on the routes and road conditions:
Onward:
Took Bangalore-Bagepalli-Gorantla-Kadiri-Pulivendula-Muddanur-Gandikota
Map link

Bangalore-Bagepalli -> Excellent

Bagepalli-Gorantla -> Good, just the odd dip in the road where surface has eroded due to rains

Gorantla town roads are narrow, crowded, broken at some places, sections are concreted as well.

Gorantla-Kadiri - Overall good with some sections being very good and then small sections with broken tarmac and potholes

Kadiri town has very narrow, crowded roads and very dusty roads

Once you take the SH 28 turn off towards Pulivendula, road conditions improve and it's extremely scenic too. There are speed breakers at regular intervals and the odd dip in the road where surface has eroded.

Road conditions are excellent as you approach Pulivendula and the SH 28 branches off as an excellent 4 laned ring road to bypass the town. After this, it continues as a wide 2 laned road in excellent condition.

Once you reach Muddanur, there is a short section of the town that you need to traverse which is crowded and a railway crossing follows, after that the road is excellent again. In fact it becomes a very wide 2 laned road all the way till the bridge over river Pennar where one needs to turn left for Gandikota. The road work is complete barring lane markings and signages, a toll booth is coming up too, so this will be a tolled road sometime soon.

Return:
We headed back to Muddanur and wanted to turn right towards Tadipatri and then Anantapur but cops had blocked off traffic saying that water from the "dam" (Gandikota dam I think) may flood the place, so they're doing it as a precautionary measure!
We then took the advice of gmaps and reach Anantapur via narrow village roads & MDRs, roads were good to average with some small sections having lots of potholes.

Map Link

There is a long flyover being constructed inside Anantapur and is very painful to cross. From Anantapur, merged onto the NH 44/7 and headed back to Bangalore.

31st December 2017, 15:12	#61
NPV Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Namma Bengaluru Posts: 7,219 Thanked: 10,258 Times	Re: Wanderlust Traveller: Gandikota & Belum. The road less travelled Did a Bangalore-Gandikota-Bangalore day trip and here's an update on the routes and road conditions: Onward: Took Bangalore-Bagepalli-Gorantla-Kadiri-Pulivendula-Muddanur-Gandikota Map link Bangalore-Bagepalli -> Excellent Bagepalli-Gorantla -> Good, just the odd dip in the road where surface has eroded due to rains Gorantla town roads are narrow, crowded, broken at some places, sections are concreted as well. Gorantla-Kadiri - Overall good with some sections being very good and then small sections with broken tarmac and potholes Kadiri town has very narrow, crowded roads and very dusty roads Once you take the SH 28 turn off towards Pulivendula, road conditions improve and it's extremely scenic too. There are speed breakers at regular intervals and the odd dip in the road where surface has eroded. Road conditions are excellent as you approach Pulivendula and the SH 28 branches off as an excellent 4 laned ring road to bypass the town. After this, it continues as a wide 2 laned road in excellent condition. Once you reach Muddanur, there is a short section of the town that you need to traverse which is crowded and a railway crossing follows, after that the road is excellent again. In fact it becomes a very wide 2 laned road all the way till the bridge over river Pennar where one needs to turn left for Gandikota. The road work is complete barring lane markings and signages, a toll booth is coming up too, so this will be a tolled road sometime soon. Return: We headed back to Muddanur and wanted to turn right towards Tadipatri and then Anantapur but cops had blocked off traffic saying that water from the "dam" (Gandikota dam I think) may flood the place, so they're doing it as a precautionary measure! We then took the advice of gmaps and reach Anantapur via narrow village roads & MDRs, roads were good to average with some small sections having lots of potholes. Map Link There is a long flyover being constructed inside Anantapur and is very painful to cross. From Anantapur, merged onto the NH 44/7 and headed back to Bangalore. Last edited by Vid6639 : 1st January 2018 at 00:18. Reason: toll
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