This trip was under scrutiny for a long time, as in like for more than 5 weeks. There were almost 15 people saying a yes for this trip. When the final head count was taken, it was 7. We had juggled up on many Potential Destinations for our first 2 day trip in Hyderabad. We agreed upon these 2 spots – Nagarjuna Sagar Dam and Srisailam Temple. Those who are unaware of these locations can Google it out for themselves. The total journey was about a 600 Kms, to be covered in 2 days. So we needed a Comfortable vehicle. We booked a 7-seater Toyota Innova.
We started our morning with a huge number of confusing SMS’s exchanged around the group by me and my counterpart, the singing sensation – Nirbhay. Anyways after it was all done; we ended up at Chillies, a local restaurant where the Breakfast is supposedly good. We settled down in the Innova after a debate on the amount of advance to be paid before the start of the trip. It was about 8.30 in the morning; the time for some of the buddies to go to sleep (read: the normal sleep routine time). So it was pretty dull in the start, till the Driver – Khaleel received a call. One catchy dialogue which I find worth mentioning – “…….. Main kitni baar aapki gaadi chalaya hu. Aap fikar mat karo aur aise phone karke mera DIMAG OUT MAT KARO.” (As if his DIMAG was IN earlier, we doubt) FYI - The person in the other end of the call was probably the owner of the vehicle. Anyways we continue……
Soothing Himesh Reshammiya’s songs were being played at the music system. Distance covered about 45+ Kms. Some people relaxing and the others were appreciating the beauty of the road. Things were going fine until….
Dhuuusshhh!!!!!
Screeeeechhhhh!!!!!
Dhaaadaammmm!!!!!
Guesses, if any? Since I am writing this blog soon after the visit, I am fine. Nothing wrong happened with me. But what happened is that we hit a motorbike on the way. A Black Pulsar 150, unregistered, with a young lad of about 25 riding it. We were at a speed of 90+ something and this Machine came on the wrong side of the road, traveling at something 40. But as soon as he saw our vehicle approaching it at a high speed, this lad lost it completely, w/o a clue on what to do. And instead of slowing down or getting out of the way, accelerated more. This brought him straight faced into the bonnet of our car.
I saw the scene all the way, right from him getting into our way and then the dash. This was something I shall probably never see again in my life. The way the crash happened. Bhaiyya #1 and Bhandu along with our driver Khaleel got down from the vehicle and started inspecting the losses. And what we come to know that the person whom we just hit is a junior Police Constable. Wow, it could not get any bigger than this. First of all you hit someone on the road, and he turns out to be a COP. What else could we ask for? Now our plans of running off the scene totally evaporated. This incident reminded me of the famous accident, Superstar Salman Khan’s Hit –n– Run controversy. Now it was for sure that if we ran off from the scene, we were definitely at fault. So running away was out of context. Then the only way out was we console the cop, and try to get off the scene without any hassles.
Within a flash, the area Sub-Inspector arrived on the spot. (Damn, these cops do not follow movie styled etiquettes these days, coming late and all… sheesh!!!) The injured cop was transferred to the nearby hospital. And the Sub-inspector asked us not to move from the accident spot.
Now our Bhaiyya #1 start all his tips and tricks accompanied by flowery language to console him. I would not indulge into the details of the consoling part of it, coz if I start I know I can write another Blog on it. And now you know why this trip is the “Hit – n – Console trip”.
We came to a conclusion that the matter can no longer be handled by us and it would be advisable that the owner of the car comes and settles this himself. So we called for a replacement vehicle. The new vehicle started from there and then again we were at the same situation – WAIT.
In the middle of all this, we see a temple on a small mountain range. And then Gulabo gets all charged up and decides that we all are going to conquer that mountain.
Part-2 on its way... Coz i am tired of writing this much already... :)
