Hyderabad-Kharghar via Mohol-Shirwal: Less traffic and better roads

This route is a great alternative to avoid the busy east-west crossing of Pune.

BHPian bbv recently shared this with other enthusiasts:

I drove from Hyderabad to Kharghar yesterday.

Started at 6:20 am and reached at 6:15 pm with 3 major breaks each for breakfast, lunch and a nap.

The Solapur->Khargar route overlaps with the Bangalore->Solapur->Mumbai route. I decided to take the Pandharpur route [Solapur->Mohol->Pandharpur->Phaltan->Shirwal (joins NH48)->Pune].

This route was very good, 4-lane from Solapur till Lonand (with only 2-3 diversions), a small stretch of 2-lane from Lonand to Shirwal and then the regular NH48 route. The traffic in Mohol->Shirwal route was very sparse and could easily maintain ~130 kmph.

I can easily recommend going through this route (Mohol->Shirwal) for anyone going through the Solapur route, to avoid the east-west crossing of Pune.

In fact, I would prefer this route with less traffic anytime over Solapur-Pune, and maybe very nice in the rainy season with green surroundings (Sidenote: Never saw so many nice Banyan trees roadside).

I had lunch at a nice Hotel Srihari (not on GMaps) just before the road turns for the overbridge to cross the railway line of Lonand, had an excellent thali and misal pav.

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