Many of us had been to the Punjab state ,might be as a tourist/ resident/ or just passing by...But surely most of u might not be that lucky to experience the beauty of rustic Punjab region. It so happened that my husband had to attend some meeting at Bhatinda Oil Refinery & he planned to take the journey by road from Jammu City to Bhatinda City in Punjab -almost some 400+kms distance & 8 long hours of journey. I just didn't wish to miss this opportunity to see the rustic Punjab state.,though ,earlier I had been to Jalander,Amritsar,Ludiana ,Ambala, But ,this time we were to take on a wrong route through the countryside of Punjab to Bhatinda City.
We started a bit early in the morning around 9:30am from Jammu city ,were we presently reside.... took the national highway drive to KATHUA city in the Jammu region of J&K state & then off to LAKHANPUR Border...after all check at the state checkpost we proceeded in to Punjab region.
We started a bit early in the morning around 9:30am from Jammu city ,were we presently reside.... took the national highway drive to KATHUA city in the Jammu region of J&K state & then off to LAKHANPUR Border...after all check at the state checkpost we proceeded in to Punjab region.
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| At LAKHANPUR BORDER. |
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| At MADHOPUR |
After Lakhanpur Checkpost ,we were crossing across over R. Ravi at Madhopur.......The whole landscape changed drastically now......No more ,highmountains across the landscape....its only 2 hrs that we had passed so-o far.....................still a long way to go;
PATHANKOT is almost 93kms from Lakhanpur border & after pathankot ,we were to take towards Dinanagar....I just kept watching carefully ,how the crops/vegetation kept changing from one place to the next......Every place in Punjab have a particular yield.....But its harvesting time everywhere ,either crop cutting was on or some places ,people were preparing their land for the next sowing season....
After DINANAGER, Its was GURDASPUR---- Followed by DHARIWAL & BATALA ...we kept drive across the country side on to MEHTA CHOWK.Saw a lot of cultivation around as we drove across towards Jalander- Amritsar highway...................... It was getting quite late & we were in search of a quality Dhaba for lunch.... after a long drive on JALANDER- AMRITSAR HIGHWAY ,we came across a proper place to have our lunch.Saw lot of pea cultivation in this region...We were to bypass AMRITSAR CITY instead ...
After bypassing AMRITSAR CITY, we headed towards the Holy City of TARAN TARAN......Now ,we were driving almost parallel to the border...
As we drove off from Taran taran towards ZIRA ...its just awesome to see those lovely CANAL SYSTEM that Irrigates the land of Punjab....Driving over the Dam at Zira with the sun going down over its ,was a fabulous experience. Now we were to drive off towards FARIDKOT..... really felt quite exhausted by now & without a cup of tea ,we just could n't move ahead.The Dhan Mandi at Zira ,was a great experience to see the amount of FOOD GRAINS grown in our country ,but the sad side of it is ,still in INDIA ,so-o many goes off to sleep without food...
After FARIDKOT ,we were to reach BHATINDA CITY within an hour & half but the road turned out to be bad & over crowded.................. until we reached National Fertiliser Complex at Bhatinda City. My idea was ,Bhatinda city might be a little village But ,MITTAL'S have changed its total look ................... Just got so-o impressed ,that I can simply compare the place with PUNE CITY, with lot of flyovers, good roads, Big malls............ Just impressive!!!!
