A few weeks ago I had an emergency and had to travel to Bangalore, and since the travel was decided in an hour, I could not book any tickets in train or flight. So, I had to drive to Bangalore.

I reached Mannuthy at 11, starting at 945 from Aluva. The rest of the road up to Avinashi was poor, took 4 hours to complete. And from Avinashi, the toll road starts and the rest was very comfortable and I was able to drive at an average speed of 75 kmph and reached Bangalore by 730.

And the return was also similar , covered the 4 way track in 3.5 hours ( ~275KM ) and then the two way started and we lost the speed.

My point here is, even though, I had to pay ~ INR 275 one side as toll, I think considering the speed at which I covered the distance, the money I paid for toll is justifiable. Even if I had to pay INR 50 at Trissur toll plaza, I would happily give it because, i was able to reach up to Mannuthy in 1 hour from Aluva, which otherwise would have taken anywhere more than 2.5 hours.

Of course, there is issue with local people living on the other side of the plaza , who have to commute daily to other side for a living. There should be some kind of exception for them, like some kind of subsidized scale or exception for local registration private vehicles.

Further, considering the density of the vehicles crossing these toll booths, i think its easy for the authority to reduce the rates too, I think. I have heard that Aluva Trissur road is the busiest one in Kerala

off topic, It was during this trip, that I drove the Mahindra XUV5OO for the first time and got a hand on experience with Samsung Galaxy note – Thanks to Achu – he has been a wonderful friend…

Galaxy note is is a bit large to be a phone and XUV is a bit small to be an SUV – may be because I’ve got addicted to Safari

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