Could the team and the cars withstand the tough Lucknow-to-Guwahati stretch?
The third leg of the One Lap Of India One Lap For Safety was one of the most difficult of the six legs.
The team comprising Ashley Baxter and Joy Chaudhuri of Autocar India, and Auto Monitor's Mayur Shah had to cover formidable states like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Sikkim and Assam, in their attempt to get from Lucknow to Guwahati in six days. Would they do it? And would the Scorpios take the beating?
February 9 (Day One)
The team left the old world charm of Lucknow's Carlton hotel in the early hours of the morning. Their intended route was through Kanpur, Chhatarpur, Panna, Satna and finally, Reva.
Because the famous Khajuraho temples were just 20 km away from Chhatarpur, they took a detour for some photographs, and then got back to the original route. The roads were decent, but there were quite a few bad stretches.
They passed through the Panna tiger sanctuary, which was picturesque
