I started alone from Delhi early in the morning so had to cover Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal in the dead of the night, but at no point of time did I feel unsafe.
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Just drove down from Delhi to Kolkata yesterday. This was my 4th trip in the last one year, and ever since the first one with BHPian predatorwheelz last year, I have stuck to the tried and tested route: YEW to Agra, ALE to Etawah exit, and then NH19 throughout. Road conditions are brilliant, with Bihar being a minor irritant with diversions. The West Bengal part of the journey was painful earlier, but seemed to have improved quite a bit this time with even the diversions having decent surface.
I started alone from Delhi early in the morning so had to cover Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal in the dead of the night, but at no point of time did I feel unsafe. Including two traffic snarls of 45 mins each where all the cars stood standstill just before the UP-Bihar border, it took me 21h 10m to complete the journey from door to door, which should give you an idea of the road conditions.
Driving time of 20.5 hrs:
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