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COMMUNICATION
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ROADS
Roads in Bhir district are classified according
to their importance into three categories, viz., (1) state
highways, (2) major roads, and (3) other district roads. There is
no national highway passing through this district.
State Highways
State highways are defined as all other main trunk or arterial
roads of a state connecting national highways or state highways of
adjacent states, district headquarters and important cities within
the state and serving as main arteries of traffic to and from
district roads. These are maintained by state governments and are
generally bridged and metalled. They are motorable throughout the
year, except that sometimes, where there are causeways or
submersible bridges, traffic may be interrupted in the monsoon for
very short periods.
The state highways traversing this district are: (1)
Malkapur-Jalna-Sholapur road. (2) Manjarsumbha-Kaij-Ahmadpur road,
(3) Lokhandi Sawargaon-Latur road, (4) Pipla-Parali road, and (5)
Bhir-Ahmadnagar road.
Malkapur-]alna-Sholapur Road. [This road is proposed to be
classified as a national highway.]—This highway enters Bhir
district at 391 kilometre (mile No. 243) after traversing Osmana-bad
district. It passes through the tahsils of Bhir and Georai. It
runs in south-north direction and crosses Godavari river in 469.53
kilometre (mile No. 291/6) and enters Aurangabad district. The
total length of the road in Bhir district is 78.45 kilometres
(48/6 miles).
It touches the following places during its course:—
|
(1) |
Chausala |
in 716.16 kilometre (mile 245)
(Rest House) |
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(2) |
Manjarsumbha |
in 408.55 kilometre (mile 253/7) |
|
(3) |
Bhir |
in 428.29 kilometre (mile 266/1)
(Rest House) |
|
(4) |
Hirapur |
in 442.779 kilometre (mile 275/1) |
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(5) |
Padalsingi |
in 446.08 kilometre (mile 277/7) |
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(6) |
Georai |
in 460.272 kilometre (mile 286)
(Rest House) |
It crosses the river Bendsura in 426.47
kilometre (mile 265), the Sindhphana in 442.77 kilometre (mile
275/1), and the Godavari in 469.53 kilometre (mile 291/6) over
bridges. The following roads either take off from it or are
crossed by it:—
|
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Place of junction |
Name of road |
Class |
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|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
|
(1) |
Manjarsumbha 406 kilometre (mile 253/7). |
(i) Manjarsumbha-Patoda, (ii) Manjarsumbha-Kaij -Ahmadpur
Road. |
Major District Road. State Highway. |
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(2) |
Bhir 425.84 kilometre (mile 264/5). |
Bhir-Parali Road |
Do. |
|
(3) |
Bhir 428.29 kilometre (mile 266/1). |
Bhir-Ahmadnagar Road |
Do. |
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(4) |
Padalsingi 447.18 kilometre (mile 277/7). |
Padalsingi-Madalmohi-Kol-gaon Road. |
Major District Road. |
|
(5) |
Gadi 452.03 kilometre (mile 281/2). |
Georai-Manjlegaon Road |
Do. |
|
(6) |
Bag Pimpalgaon 463.49 kilometre (mile 288). |
Bag
Pimpalgaon-Talwada Road. |
Do. |
|
(7) |
Bag Pimpalgaon 464.46 kilometre (mile 288/5). |
Georai-Umrad-Shevgaon Road. |
Do. |
The metal surface of the road was black
topped during the Period 1958-1961. The road is motorable
throughout the year.
Manjarsumbha-Kaij-Ahmadpur Road.—This road emanates from
407.75 kilometre (mile 253/3) of Malkapur-Jalna-Sholapur road near
Manjarsumbha village and passes through Bhir, Kaij and Ambejogai
tahsils. Going from west to east, it enters Osmanabad district in
24.73 kilometre (mile 15/3) of Ahmad-Pur-Ghatnandur-Pipla road.
The total length of this road in the
district is 111 kilometres (69 miles). It starts from Manjarsuml
and touches the following places during; its course: —
|
(1) |
Neknur |
6.84 |
kilometre (mile 4/2). |
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(2) |
Yalamb |
11.86 |
kilometre (mile 7/3). |
|
(3) |
Sarur |
20.92 |
kilometre (mile 13). |
|
(4) |
Sarni |
22.54 |
kilometre (mile 14/1). |
|
(5) |
Massajog |
26.96 |
kilometre (mile 16/6). |
|
(6) |
Koregaon |
28.96 |
kilometre (mile 18). |
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(7) |
Sawantwadi |
30.58 |
kilometre (mile 19). |
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(8) |
Kaij |
39.62 |
kilometre (mile 24/5). |
|
(9) |
Dhakphal |
45.06 |
kilometre (mile 28). |
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(10) |
Kumbhephal |
46.67 |
kilometre (mile 29). |
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(11) |
Chandan Sawargaon. |
50.86 |
kilometre (mile 31/5) |
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(12) |
Hoal |
55.72 |
kilometre (mile 35/5) |
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(13) |
Lokhandi Sawargaon. |
66.38 |
kilometre (mile 41/2) |
|
(14)
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Ambejogai |
76.04 |
kilometre (mile 47/2 House). |
|
(15) |
Pipla |
85.03 |
kilometre (mile 53). |
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(16) |
Poos |
90.12 |
kilometre (mile 56). |
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(17) |
Talni |
90.93 |
kilometre (mile 56/4). |
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(18) |
Ghatnandur |
96.56 |
kilometre (mile 60). |
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(19) |
Dharmpur |
102.99 |
kilometre (mile 64). |
This road crosses the Vikarabad-Parali
Vaijnath railway line. There is no river in the running length of
this road.
The following roads either take off from it or are crossed by it:
—
|
Sr. No. |
Place of junction |
Name of Road |
Class |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
|
(1) |
Kaij 39.03 kilometre (mile 24/2). |
Kalam-Kaij-Dharur Road |
State Highway. |
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(2) |
Lokhandi Sawargaon 69.20 kilometre (mile 43). |
Lokhandi Sawargaon-Latur Road. |
Do. |
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(3) |
Pipla 85.29 kilometre (mile 5 3) |
Pipla-Parali Road |
Do. |
The riding surface of the road is metalled,
and is motorable throughout the year.
Lokhandi Sawargaon-Latur Road.—The road emanates at 69.20
kilometre (mile No. 43) of the Manjarsumbha-Kaij-Ahmadpur road and
passes through Ambejogai tahsil. Traversing from north-west
to south-east, the road enters Latur tahsil
of Osmanabad district at 41.04 kilometre (mile 25/4). The total
length of the road in this district is 41.04 kilometres (25
miles and 4 furlongs).
It touches the following places during its course: —
|
(1) |
Waghala |
6.04 kilometre (mile 3/6). |
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(2) |
Pokhri |
10.06 kilometre (mile 6/2). |
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(3) |
Bardapur |
16.49 kilometre (mile 10/6). |
|
(4) |
Palsi |
22.74 kilometre (mile 14/1). |
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(5) |
Kumbhari |
27.36 kilometre (mile 17). |
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(6) |
Mahapur |
40.64 kilometre (mile 25/2). |
This road crosses the river Manjra over a
submersible bridge in 41.20 kilometre (mile 25/5). It does not
cross any important road up to Latur. It was constructed in 1959.
The riding surface of the road is metalled. It is motorable
throughout the year except in the rainy season at the submersible
bridge over Manjra river near Mahapur village.
Pipla-Parali road.—The road starts from 85.29 kilometre
(mile 53) of Manjarsumbha-Ahmadpur road near Pipla village. This
road serves as a link between Parali and Yermala via Lokhandi
Sawargaon and covers a length of 17.29 kilometres (10 miles and 6
furlongs) in the district. It traverses the Ambejogai tahsil in
its stretch from south-west to north-east.
It touches the following places during its course: —
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(1) Yermala |
3.22 kilometre (mile 2) |
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(2) Kanerwadi |
12.93 kilometre (mile 8/3) |
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(3) Parali |
17.29 kilometre (mile 10/6) |
The road does not cross any important road
nor there is any big river in its course in the district.
The surface of the road is metalled and it is motorable throughout
the year.
Bhir-Ahmadnagar Road.—Bhir-Ahmadnagar road starts from Bhir
town and passes through the Bhir, Patoda and Ashti tahsils.
Traversing from north-east to south-west, it enters Jamkhed tahsil
of Ahmadnagar district at 58.52 kilometre (mile 36/3). From
Jamkhed, it moves from south-east to north-west and enters Ashti
tahsil of Bhir district at 69.60 kilometre (mile 43/2). It finally
enters, Ahmadnagar district at 115.06 kilometre (mile 71/4). Of
the total length of this road, the first section of 57.53
kilometres (36 miles and 3 furlongs) is of the state highway
standard, whereas the second section of 65.47 kilometres (28 miles
and 2 furlongs) is of the major district road standard. The middle
portion, viz., between 57.53 kilometre (mile No. 36/3) and
67.99 kilometre (42/2) is in Ahmadnagar district.
It touches the following places during its
course: —
|
(1) |
Naigaon |
23.92 kilometre (mile 14/7) |
Rest House |
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(2) |
Sautada |
57.19 kilometre (mile 35/5) |
Do |
|
(3) |
Jamkhed |
65.98 kilometre (mile 41 —Ahmadnagar district) |
Do |
|
(4) |
Ashti |
87.70 kilometre (mile 52/2) |
Do |
|
(5) |
Kada |
99.99 kilometre (mile 62/1) |
Do |
|
(6) |
Waghluj |
111.85 kilometre (69/4 mile) |
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It crosses river Manjra in 50.86 kilometre
(mile 31/5), river Kada in 97.6 kilometre (mile 61) and river
Kamli in 101.21 kilometre (mile 66/1) where bridges are
constructed. While the Manjra bridge is a high level bridge, the
other two causeways are submersible.
The following roads either take off from it or
are crossed by it:—
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Place of junction |
Name of Road |
Class |
|
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
|
(1) |
Bhir 2.9 kilometre (mile 0/1). |
Malkapur-Jalna-Sholapur Road |
State Highway. |
|
(2) |
Rohatwadi 29.18 kilometre (mile 18/1). |
Amalner-Damru Road.. |
Major District Road. |
|
(3) |
Gholewadi 51.49 kilometre (mile 31/8). |
Pimpalwadi-Kuslamb Road |
Do. |
|
(4) |
Ashti 85.29 kilometre (mile 53) |
Ashti-Dahitan Road |
Do. |
The riding surface is metalled. The portion
of this road up to 2.41 kilometre (mile 1½) was black
topped in the year 1950-60. The road is motorable throughout the
year.
Major District Roads
Major district roads are next to highways in importance in the
district. They are roughly of the same specifications as state
highways, and connect important market centres, towns and railway
stations. These roads are under the jurisdiction of the Zilla
Parishad.
The major district roads in Bhir district are: (1)
Georai-Manjlegaon road, (2) Georai-Umrad road, (3) Ashti-Dahitan
road, (4) Amalner-Dahitan road, (5) Amalner-Domri road, (6)
Bendsura-Patoda road, (7) Pimpalwadi-Kuslamb road, (8)
Malegaon-Lokhandi Sawargaon road, (9) Patoda branch road, and (10)
Nirgudi approach road.
Georai-Manjlegaon Road.—The road emanates from the
Malkapur-Jalna-Sholapur state highway at the village Gadhi at a
distance of 6.43 kilometres (4 miles) from Georai and terminates
at Manjlegaon. . It traverses the tahsils of Georai and Manjlegaon,
and covers a length of 51.49 kilometres (miles 32), which is
metalled throughout.
During its course, it touches the following villages: —
|
(1) |
Kanadi |
4.02 kilometre (mile 2/4). |
|
(2) |
Shirasdevi |
11.47 kilometre (mile 7/1). |
|
(3) |
Jategaon |
18.51 kilometre (mile 11/4). |
|
(4) |
Lonala |
26.55 kilometre (mile 16/4). |
|
(5) |
Rajegaon |
32.99 kilometre (mile 20/4). |
|
(6) |
Pimpalgaon |
46.67 kilometre (mile 29). |
The road does not cross any major river. It
is motorable throughout the year.
Georai-Umrad Road.—This road starts from 465.10 kilometre
(mile 289) of Malkapur-Jalna-Sholapur state highway near the
village Bag Pimpalgaon. It is a part of
Manjlegaon-Sadoula-Ram-puri-Talwada-Bag Pimpalgaon-Umapur road. It
further links with the Sangamner-Paithan road at Shevgaon in
Ahmadnagar district The road, thus, provides transport facilities
for the movement of goods, between Aurangabad and Ahmadnagar
districts.
The total length of the road is 22.93 kilometres (14 miles and 2
furlongs) and is all metalled.
In its course in Georai tahsil it touches the following villages:
—
(1) Bag Pimpalgaon, (2) Dhondrai, (3) Boripimpalgaon, (4) Umrad
and (5) Takli.
This road crosses the rivers Amrit at 7.83 kilometre (mile 4/7)
and Lendi at 22.93 kilometre (mile 14/2), respectively, where
there are causeways.
It is motorable throughout the year.
Ashti-Dahitan Road.—This road is a part of
Khadkat-Ashti-Dahitan-Pathardi road. The portion from Dahitan to
Surdi is proposed to be completed in the Fourth Five-Year Plan.
The completion of the road will greatly facilitate transport in
the surrounding areas of the region. The road traverses Ashti
tahsil and touches the following places during its course: (1)
Kini, (2) Borwandi, (3) Belgaon, (4) Sidwadi, (5) Bavi and (6)
Chincholi.
The road has all its length of 17.4 kilometres (10 miles and '
furlongs) metalled. It is not motorable throughout the year.
Amalner-Dahitan Road.—This road is a continuation of
Arnalner-Domri road and is a part of the proposed
Ukanda-Nargudi-Amalner-Dahitan-Salewadgaon-Ahmadnagar road.
With the completion of the portion of the road from Dahitan-Dhamangaon-onwards to Salewadgaon, this road will be the
shortest route between Bhir and Ahmadnagar. The road while
traversing through Bhir and Patoda tahsils, touches the following
places:(1) Kotan, (2) Chandanwadi, (3) Hatola and (4) Kasari. The
entire length of this road, viz., 17.90 kilometres (10
miles and 5 furlongs) is metalled. The road is motorable
throughout the year.
Amalner-Domri Road.—The road starts from Amalner and meets
the Bhir-Ahmadnagar road at 39.37 kilometre (mile 18/2): The total
length of the road is 35.81 kilometres (22 miles and 2 furlongs)
and it is all metalled. During its course in Patoda tahsil, it
touches the following places:—
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(1) |
Gound Wadi |
6.44 kilometre (mile 4/0). |
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(2) |
Gholapwadi |
8.64 kilometre (mile 5/3). |
|
(3) |
Misadwadi |
12.47 kilometre (mile 7/6). |
|
(4) |
Dagarkini |
12.87 kilometre (mile 8/0). |
|
(5) |
Nandarwadi |
21.51 kilometre (mile 13/3). |
|
(6) |
Pimpalgaon |
24.54 kilometre (mile 15/2). |
|
(7) |
Domri |
31.78 kilometre (mile 19/6). |
It is not motorable throughout the year.
Bendsura-Patoda Road.—This road links Patoda, the tahsil
headquarters, on Bhir-Ahmadnagar road, and Manjarsumbha, an
important junction. The length of the road is 27.76 kilometres (17
miles and 2 furlongs), and is metalled throughout.
The road provides a direct link between Ahmadnagar and Patoda,
Kaij, Parali in Bhir district and Latur, Ahmadpur and Udgir in
Osmanabad district.
In its length in Patoda tahsil, the road touches the following
places:—
(1) Manjarsumbha, (2) Limba Ganesh, and (3) Vidyakini. The road is
not motorable throughout the year.
Pimpalwandi-Kuslamb Road.—This road starts from the village
Pimpalwandi in 2.80 kilometre (mile 1/6) of Amalner-Domri road and
ends in 51.90 kilometre (mile 32/2) of Bhir-Ahmadnagar road.
The total length of the road, viz., 13.28 kilometres (8
miles and 2 furlongs), is metalled. While traversing Patoda tahsil,
it touches the following places:—
|
(1) |
Saradwadi |
2.19 kilometre (mile 1/3). |
|
(2) |
Dhoped |
4.42 kilometre (mile 2/6). |
|
(3) |
Kuslamb |
8.64 kilometre (mile 5/3). |
The road is motorable throughout the year.
Malegaon-Lokhandi Sawargaon Road.—The road, also known as
Yermala-Parali road, emanates from the Dhoki-Mantha-Mehkar road at
Malegaon, and ends at village Lokhandi Sawargaon on
Manjarsumbha-Kaij-Ahmadpur road. It serves as a link and as a
short route between Yermala, a market place in Osmanabad district
and Parali, an important trade centre in Bhir district. The
further link between Lokhandi Sawargaon and Parali is facilitated
by the Manjarsumbha-Ahmadpur road and the Pipla-Parali road.
During its course, the road touches the following villages: —
|
(1) |
Sukli |
34.77 kilometre (mile 21/5). |
|
(2) |
Yusuf Wadgaon |
37.60 kilometre (mile 23/3). |
|
(3) |
Patha |
42.05 kilometre (mile 26/1). |
|
(4) |
Sawleshwar |
45.87 kilometre (mile 28/4). |
|
(5) |
Borisawargaon |
52.09 kilometre (mile 32/3). |
|
(6) |
Palaskheda |
54.32 kilometre (mile 33/6). |
|
(7) |
Digol |
57.71 kilometre (mile 35/7). |
It crosses five big streams at Sukli, Yusuf
Wadgaon, Sawleshwar, Borisawargaon and Digol.
The road is not motorable throughout the year.
Patoda Branch Road.—Starting from 43.45 kilometre (mile 27)
of Bhir-Ahmadnagar road this road traverses a distance of 5.22
kilometres (3 miles and 3 furlongs) up to Patoda. The entire
length is metalled. The road crosses the river Manjra at 5.23
kilometre (mile 3/2).
The road is motorable throughout the year:
Nirgudi Approach Road.—This road starts from 27.76
kilometre (mile 17/2) of Amalner-Domri road and terminates at
Nirgudi. It is unmetalled, and runs a length of 5.63 kilometres (3
miles and 4 furlongs). It does not touch any village.
The road is not motorable during the rainy season.
Other District Roads
Other district roads are approach roads connecting villages and
towns in the district. They are subject to interruptions of
traffic during the rainy season. They are designed to serve market
places and are generally unmetalled. These roads are under the
jurisdiction of the Zilla Parishad.
TABLE No. 1
Other District Roads in BhIr District
|
Name of road |
Starting point |
Ending point |
Total length |
Nature of road surface |
|
Metalled length |
Unmetalled length |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
(5) |
(6) |
|
|
|
|
Km. |
Km. |
Km. |
|
(1)Kada-Devi-nimgaon. |
Kada |
Devinimgaon. |
4.83 (3 miles) |
4.83(3 miles) |
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|
(2)Sirsala -Sonpeth. |
Sirsala |
Up to district border. |
12.87 (8 miles) |
9.65(6 miles) |
3.21(2 miles) |
Municipal Roads
Besides roads maintained by the buildings and communications
department of the government and the Zilla Parishad, there are
roads within the limits of various towns which are looked after by
the respective municipalities. Such roads, which are condition, ed
by the size of the municipal towns, command only a small length in
this district.
The table below gives the length of roads (category-wise) in
various towns in the district.
TABLE No. 2
|
Town |
Length of roads |
|
Cement concrete |
Metalled |
Unmetalled |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
(4) |
|
Bhir |
4.42 kilometres (2 miles 6 furlongs). |
6.03 kilometres (4 miles 3 furlongs). |
-- |
|
Parali |
5.23 kilometres (3 miles 2 furlongs). |
5.04 kilometres (3 miles 1 furlong). |
-- |
|
Georai |
-- |
0.804 kilometres (4 furlongs). |
-- |
|
Ashti |
-- |
-- |
2.41 kilometres (1 mile and 4 furlongs). |
|
Ambejogai |
-- |
7.29 kilometres (4 miles 4 furlongs). |
6.44 kilometres (4 miles). |
|
Dharur |
-- |
-- |
3.21 kilometres (2 miles). |
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