To start with Im a travelalcohlic person . Like to holiday a lot. Done many trips earlier to Mussoorie, Jaipur , Agra , Kanpur . This tym did to Amritsar as I had never been to NH-1.
Started my journey on 28th Feb’2010.
No. of Adults – Three
1. Myself – The solo driver
2. My father
3. My mother
Car – Maruti 800
Total Distance covered in the trip – 1100Km
I started my M800 car at about 7:30 AM from Rohini. Crossed the Bypass and crossed Delhi not in much tym. Now the real journey started. Sonipat was crossed in no tym. Panipat was crossed in just 15 min due to Toll Bridge. Till Now NH-1 was in good shape.
As I was the Solo Driver we crossed Karnal , Pipli and Ambala. We did not stop at Karnal as we did not want to waste time. At about 11 am we entered Punjab into Rajpura. speed ws good for a M800. I drove it max speed to 110 Km/hr. As our quite a lot of relatives resided in Rajpura we decided for a quick halt there.
Ludhiana was still about 100 Km left. We left Rajpura at 1pm. We headed towards Ludhiana. The route was again clear but now the traffic was quite reduced. Again gained some speed to 100Km/hr. but after this speed Maruti seems to shake and it is little risky as it does not has Power Brake. we were in Ludhiana at 3:15pm.
In Ludhiana too we had to visit 2 reltives houses so till evening we were busy there. Later they insisted to stay at their place at night. So stayed there at night. Roamed around in Ludhiana till late night.
Now decided to leve early morning from Ludhiana to Wagah Border.
So
Day 1 – Delhi to Ludhiana 350 Km due to those relatives.
TOLL TAX BOOTHS
1. PANIPAT – Rs 20 single side
2. KARNAL – Rs 78 single side
3. RAJPURA – Rs 47 single side
DISTANCES
DELHI – AMBALA –> 200 Km ( via Sonipat , Panipat , Karnal )
AMBALA – LUDHIANA –> 130 Km ( via Rajpura , Mandi Gobindgarh)
CONDITION OF ROADS
DELHI – AMBALA –> Excellent
Majority of the road was a six lane highway and smooth without much diversions and construction.
AMBALA – LUDHIANA –> Very Good
Majority of the road was a four lane highway with construction work going on both sides of roads to make it six lane.
To be continued….