Trip from Jaipur to
Hyderabad (1450 KM)
Dear friends,
Due to the COVID-19 Lockdown we have been stuck in
Jaipur for quite a long time. I with my family at last have decided to travel back
to Hyderabad on road on my (KIA SELTOS GTX), which I purchased in September
2019. For us to travel to Hyderabad, we required e-pass which I have applied on
1st of May 2020. It took quite a long time to get our e-pass, as
Telangana government was not allowing the migrants to enter the state, due to
the increase in cases of corona in Hyderabad. Finally, on 10th May Chief
Minister (KCR) of Telangana have decided to allow the stranded people from
other states to come back to Telangana. So, we finally got our E-pass from District
Magistrate of Rajasthan, Jaipur on Monday (i.e on 11/05/2020). They gave a validity
of 1 week for us to travel back to our home town (Hyderabad).
We have decided to travel as early as possible, because
of changing situations due to corona pandemic... I along with my family have decided
not to halt anywhere for food or water in the course of our journey. As we were
travelling long distance, we would be requiring good amount of food, snacks and
water. So, we packed sufficient food and water for 2 days. It took 5 hours for
my wife to prepare food to carry while we were travelling (as I have 20 months
baby) it is quite important for me to ensure that I give proper home food for
her. Food items that we packed were chapatis, tomato curry, boiled eggs and
some snacks (like biscuits, milk-powder, salt, sugar, Mayonnaise, Tomato
ketchup, raw onions, bread, bun’s etc...). We started our Journey on Tuesday
(12/05/2020), on early morning 5:20 AM.
Day 1:- started journey from Jaipur at 5.20 AM route
(Jaipur-Kota) 252 KM. It took, 4 hours for me to cover Kota. I halted, for half
an hour our breakfast at outskirts of Kota.
From Kota we started after our breakfast at 10.00 AM
towards Jhalawar. (Kota- Jhalawar) 89 KM. it took 1.30 Hrs for me to cover until
Jhalawar. At around 11.40 AM I reached Jhalawar.
Our next course of journey was (Jhalawar – Bhopal) 256
KM. I reached Bhopal at around 4.30 PM in the evening. I stopped at outskirts
of Bhopal for my Lunch/Dinner.
Let me tell you the Road from Jaipur to Bhopal was
excellent we didn’t face any kind of issues to reach Bhopal. The trouble
started when I reached Bhopal. Our, next destination was Nagpur (Bhopal –
Nagpur) 351 KM. As I was travelling at good pace, I thought I would be covering
the next 351 KM in 6 hours with the same pace and reach Nagpur by 12.00 mid-night.
But, the road from Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) to Nagpur (Maharashtra) is a state
road and it is single road. There was construction of road going on, so I could
only keep an average of 60KM’s and cover to Betul which is around (178 KM), by
the time I reached it was 9.30 PM and I was really exhausted after 14 hours of continuous
travel. We decided to halt at that place (let me tell you there was still 60 KM
left to reach Betul, I decided to halt there as it was Ghat Road and I was
really tired). I chose a place which was having good security. There was petrol
pump, Police check point and some residential homes. We halted there and rested
that night in my car till early morning 3 AM.
Day 2:- (60 KM away from Betul) I started my journey on day –
2 at 3.00 AM towards Betul. It was Ghat road and took 1.30 hour to reach Betul.
I would recommend, to stay little longer and start around 6.00 AM when the
sunlight comes up. Because, the road towards Betul is forest area and it is
really scenic. We reached Betul Toll by 4.30 AM. I rested for another 1 hour as
my sleep was not complete I was feeling little sleepy. We, started at 5.30 and
reached Nagpur by 9.30 AM (188 KM). Let me tell you the road from Betul to
Nagpur, is scenic, Ghats, forest, and perfect for enjoying the ride. The road
is excellent from Betul to Nagpur, It is a Four lane Toll road with nice scenic
places. We, stopped at HP petrol pump to freshen up ourselves and get ready for
our 2nd day of journey. As, I crossed Nagpur I had my breakfast at
outskirts of Nagpur.
Next journey was (Nagpur- Nizambad) 346 KM. From
Nagpur we started our journey at 10.00 AM and reached Adilabad border by 11.00
AM. We were stopped, by government, and health authorities to check for
Temperature scanning. We were stamped, for home quarantine for 14 days. We
started from there at around 11.30 and reached Nizambad by 1.30 PM. Rested
there for 15 minutes, and started journey towards Hyderabad. Reached home
(Hyderbad) by 4.00 PM.
Summary: - At last I covered with my family a total distance of
1450 KM by road in 34 hours. With a break of 6 hours in between for rest. We
really enjoyed our journey, except the (200 KM ) from Bhopal to Betul. The
journey was really, a remembering lifetime experience for me and my family. My
20 months Daughter too enjoyed the trip, I should really appreciate that she
did not give us much trouble (As you know kids don’t stay long at one place for
many hours). I would say home food, that we prepared really helped us in saving
time and energy. So, if you are travelling, kindly plan in advance and prepare
accordingly. Hope my blog, would help people like me who would love to travel
long distances. At, last I would say KIA SELTOS was my best choice that I decided
to purchase. The travel with it was really, memorable and relaxing.
My Sincere request to people reading the blog, is,
please take necessary measures while travelling for long distances and corona
is not gonna end very soon and we need to start living with it, hence I feel
that we should be little proactive and prepare things to save ourselves from
COVID-19 and stay happy stay safe.
Some pics of the Journey:-
