Monday, 26 January 2026

Indian Roadie GTG - Subir Saha and me at Taj Vivanta Kolkata on 2026-01-01











The first day of the new year, viz. 2026-01-01 evening, was well spent with Subir Saha, a very dear Pats76 batchmate of St.Patrick's School Asansol - cum - an Indian Roadie.  
Subir is the owner of 50+ years old top selling IOCL Retail Outlet, Veteran Service Station (VSS), Asansol. VSS is also an Indian Roadie Preferred Fllling Station. 
Subir was visiting Kolkata with his wife to bid good-bye to 2025 and usher in 2026 🎉🎊👍. 
The 3 hours long chitchat over coffee and cookies in his room in Hotel Taj Vivanta, Ruby Hospital Crossing in Kolkata was a memorable start to 2026. 
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Tuesday, 20 January 2026

Useful tips to follow while filling petrol/ diesel in your car


Useful tips to follow while filling petrol/ diesel in your car. 
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Thursday, 8 January 2026

Kanyakumari to Hyderabad -

Indian Roadie Preferred Route, Best Route For Road Trip, Driving Route, Motoring Route, Best Intercity Driving Route from  

Kanyakumari to Hyderabad (via. Madurai, Bangalore) 
(Kanyakumari_Hyderabad): 

Kanyakumari (TN) (Drive north on NH44) ---- Bifurcation of NH44 and NH66 at roundabout ---- Anjugramam, NH44 (TN) ---Palavoor, NH44 (TN) ---- Kavalkinaru, NH44 (Nedunchalai intersection) (TN) (ROL: Nagercoil 22 kms, Marthandam. RA: Tirunelveli 60 kms, Madurai) ---- Valliyur bypass (TN) ---- Tirunelveli/ Thirunelveli bypass, NH44 (TN) ---- Gangaikondan ---- Kayathar bybypass (TN) ---- Kovilpatti bypass (TN) ---- Vaippar River Bridge, NH44 ---- Sattur (TN) ---- Ettuvattam Toll Plaza (NH44, TN) ---- Virudhnagar bypass (TN) ---- Nayara Filling Station, MXQC+H53, Kalligudi, TN 625701 on left of NH44 ---- Melakottai junction (TN) ---- Thirumangalam/ Tirumangalam bypass (TN) (ROL: Usilampatti, Theni) ---- Kappalur/ Thirumangalam Toll Plaza (TN) ---- RA: Madurai bypass on NH44 to Dindigul, Bangalore (Avoid ROR: Madurai bypass to Madurai Airport, Trichy, Villupuram, Chennai) ---- Madurai bypass, AIIMS crossing, NH44 (ROL: AIIMS Madurai) (TN) ---- Madurai bypass (Achampattu) ---- Vaigai River Bridge ---- Ayyankottai ---- Vadipatti bypass (TN) ---- Kodai Road Toll Plaza (NH44, TN) ---- Nayara Filling Station KS Bhawan Agencies (24x7), NH44, Sirumalai, TN 624206 on left ---- Gandhigram University on right of NH44) ---- Dindigul bypass/ CNK Flyover over Anjali Circle (ROL: Theni, Kodaikanal, Munnar, Kumily. ROR: Tiruchirapalli 100 kms) ---- Amravathi River bridge ---- Karur bypass (TN) ---- Kaveri River Bridge ---- Velur ---- Namakkal bypass ---- Salem bypass, NH44 (Sandaipet. ROL: Erode, Avinashi, Coimbatore, Palakkad, Thrissur, Kochi) (TN) ---- Narasothipatti ---- Omalur Toll Plaza (TN) ---- Omalur (TN) ---- Pallapatti ---- Jio BP Filling Station, Pannapatti, Salem on left of NH44 ---- BPCL AVM Hitech Fuel Park, Pannapatti, Salem on right of NH44 ---- Deevattipatti ---- Elathur (Nayara KCM Fuels Filling Station on left) ---- Thoppur (TN) ---- Thoppur Ghat section ---- HPCL COCO Filling Station, X3WC+RQ3, Samathuvapuram, Vellakkal, TN 636352 on right of NH44 ---- Thoppur Toll Plaza, NH44 (TN) ---- Dharmapuri bypass, NH44 (TN) ---- Kanamangalam ---- Paiyur ---- Errahalli ---- Penna River Bridge (C6CG+RGJ, NH44, Chowttahalli, TN 635112) ---- Avathanapatti Lake on left of NH44 ---- BPCL COCO Krishnagiri 24x7 Filling Station on right of NH44 ---- Krishnagiri (TN) (Keep driving north on NH44. NH48 forks off east towards Vellore, Chennai) ---- Shoolagiri (TN) ---- Hosur (TN) ---- Ashok Leyland Ltd factory on left ---- Zuzuwadi Lake on left ---- TN-KA border check post ---- Attibele (KA) ---- Bommasandra ---- Electronic City ---- Bangalore/ Bengaluru (Vidhan Soudha Metro Station) (KA) ---- Devanahalli (Kempegowda International Airport on right of NH44) ---- Keep driving straight on NH44 ---- Nandi Hills crossing ---- Chikkaballapur ---- Mayuri Filling Station (Nayara), NH44, Adepalli village on left ---- Bagepalli (KA) ---- KA-AP border ---- Kodikonda ---- Kodur ---- Palasamudram (AP) ---- Somandepalli ---- Penukonda bypass ---- KIA India Pvt Ltd ( Erramanchi, Penukonda, AP 515110) on the right ---- Maruru Toll Plaza (AP) ---- Anantapur bypass (AP) ---- Ramnagar ---- Penna River Bridge ---- Pamidi ---- Miduthuru ---- Kasepalli Toll Plaza (AP) ---- Gooty (AP) ---- Peapully ---- Dhone (AP) (Vyshnavi Hospital on right of NH44) ---- Veldurthi (AP) ---- Kurnool bypass (AP) ---- Tungabhadra River Bridge ---- AP-TS border ---- Kurnool Toll Plaza (TS) ---- Pullur (TS) ---- BPCL COCO XX7W+XJV, NH44, Bonkur, TS 509128 on left ---- Putandoddi (TS) ---- Beechupalli (TS) ---- Krishna River Bridge ---- Pebbair ---- Kothakota (TS) ---- Bhootpur/ Bhutpur (ROL: Mahbubnagar, Raichur) ---- Jadcherla (ROL: NH167 to Mahbubnagar, Raichur) (TS) ---- Polepalle ---- Raipalle ---- Rajapur ---- Balanagar (TS) ---- Raikal ---- Shadnagar Toll Plaza (TS) ---- Chilkamarri ---- Solipur ---- Kothur ---- IOCL-COCO Thimmapur, NH44 on left & IOCL LPG bottling plant, NH44, Thimmapur on right ---- Thimmapur (TS) ---- Nehru ORR Shamshabad, Hyderabad (TS) ---- Hyderabad (Hussain Sagar) (TS) 

Distance From To: 
Kanyakumari to Hyderabad = 1278 kms. 
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Kanyakumari to Tirunelveli = 83 kms. 
Tirunelveli to to Madurai = 147 kms. 
Madurai to Salem = 232 kms. 
Salem to Krishnagiri = 112 kms. 
Krishnagiri to Bangalore = 91 kms. 
Banglore to Penukonda (KIA India factory) = 155 kms. 
Penukonda (KIA India factory) to Anantapur = 65 kms. 
Anantapur to Kurnool = 166 kms. 
Kurnool to Jadcherla = 128 kms. 
Jadcherla to Hyderabad Nehru ORR Shamshabad = 71 kms. 
Hyderabad (Nehru ORR entry, Shamshabad) to Hyderabad (Hussain Sagar) = 28 kms. 
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Kanyakumari to 
Kavalkinaru (Nedunchalai) 
= 23 kms. 
Kavalkinaru (Nedunchalai)
 to Valliyur = 16 kms. 
Valliyur to 
Tirunelveli = 44 kms. 
Tirunelveli to Kayathar bypass = 30 kms. 
Kayathar bypass to 
Kovilpatti bypass = 30 kms. 
Kovilpatti to 
Sattur
 = 23 kms. 
Sattur to Ettuvattam Toll Plaza = 3 kms. 
Ettuvattam Toll Plaza to Virudhnagar bypass = 22 kms. 
Virudhnagar bypass to Melakottai junction = 26 kms. 
Melakottai junction to Thirumangalam bypass = 4 kms. 
Thirumangalam bypass to Kappalur/ Thirumangalam Toll Plaza = 5 kms. 
Kappalur/ Thirumangalam Toll Plaza to AIIMS Madurai crossing = 4 kms.  

AIIMS Madurai crossing to Vadipatti bypass = 27 kms. 
Vadipatti to Kodai Road Toll Plaza = 15 kms. 
Kodai Road Toll Plaza to Dindigul (Anjali Circle) = 23 kms. 
Dindigul bypass (CNK Flyover) to 
Aravakurichi = 46 kms. 
Aravakurichi to 
Karur bypass = 28 kms. 
Karur (Apollo Hospital crossing) to 
Velur = 20 kms. 
Velur to 
Namakkal bypass = 23 kms. 
Namakkal bypass (NH44) to 
Rasipuram (Andagalur Gate Flyover) = 25 kms. 
Rasipuram (Andagalur Gate Flyover on NH44) to 
Salem bypass = 25 kms. 
Salem bypass (Sandaipet flyover) to 
Omalur Toll Plaza) = 12 kms. 
Omalur Toll Plaza to 
Thoppur = 28 kms. 
Thoppur to 
Thoppur Toll Plaza = 9 kms. 
Thoppur Toll Plaza to 
Dharmapuri bypass = 15 kms. 
Dharmapuri (Bathani Colony) to 
Krishnagiri = 48 kms. 
Krishnagiri to 
Shoolagiri = 28 kms. 
Shoolagiri to 
Hosur = 23 kms. 
Hosur to 
Attibele KA-TN border = 7 kms. 
TN-KA border to 
Bangalore (Bidhan Soudha Metro Station)
 = 33 kms. 

Bangalore (Vidhan Soudha Metro Station) to Devanahalli Toll Plaza (NH44) = 30 kms. 
Devanahalli Toll Plaza to KIA India factory, Penukonda = 125 kms. 
KIA India to Anantapur bypass = 65 kms. 
Anantapur bypass to Gooty bypass = 64 kms. 
Gooty bypass to Dhone = 52 kms. 
Dhone to Kurnool bypass = 52 kms. 

Kurnool bypass to Kurnool Toll Plaza = 8 kms. 
Kurnool Toll Plaza to Pullur = 3 kms. 
Pullur to BPCL-COCO Bonkur = 7 kms. 
BPCL-COCO Bonkur to Putandoddi = 20 kms. 
Putandoddi to Beechupalli = 7 kms.  
Beechupalli to Kothakota =  31 kms. 
Kothakota to Bhutpur = 40 kms. 
Bhutpur to Jadcherla = 12 kms. 
Jadcherla to Thimmapur = 
Thimmapur to Hyderabad (Nehru ORR entry, Shamshabad) = 64 kms. 
Hyderabad (Nehru ORR entry, Shamshabad) to Hyderabad (Hussain Sagar) = 28 kms. 

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Abbreviations used: 
RA = Road Ahead.
ROR = Road on Right.
ROL = Road on Left.
NH = National Highway.
SH = State Highway.
NE = National Expressway.  

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