ETUNAGARAM TOUR ( EPISODE - 07 )

Lodge Owner: - Good morning, Sir.

Arindam: - Good morning.

Prady: - Boss, I need some information from you. Tell us, how can we reach Etunagaram forest from Warangal?

Lodge Owner: - Sir, if you want to hire a private car from Warangal market, then it will cost around 500 bucks.

Arindam: - No, no, tell us about some other alternatives, which will be cheaper than this.

Lodge Owner: - Ride on any share-auto from Warangal market and get down at Munna Road. From Munna Road, you will get the buses for Etunagaram forest. After every half an hour, there is an APSRTC Express Bus for Etunagaram forest.

Prady: - How far is this Warangal market from this Ashok Lodge?

Lodge Owner: - It is very near, Sir. Hardly, 5 minutes walking distance.

Arindam: - Ok, thanks. Please don’t mind. We are keeping the keys of our room no. 123 with us only.

Lodge Owner: - Ok, Sir, as you wish.

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Arindam: - Accha, before going to Warangal market, we need to go to the Warangal Railway station. We need to buy the return tickets to Secunderabad today only; otherwise, we may face a similar problem again.

Prady: - But, this time, make sure that you don’t buy the tickets of any link-express.

Arindam: - Ha ha ha…not at all.

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Arindam: - Uff, at least, this time we have got the sleeper class ticket of Godavari Express. The train is on this Sunday at 1.30 PM.

Prady: - Well, that’s good. But, I am feeling very hungry now. We should have some breakfast at Warangal market.

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Arindam: - The taste of this tea is really good. They have prepared the tea by mixing buffalo’s milk in it.

Prady: - That’s why, it is so tasty and also having a peculiar smell. The biscuits are also good. These are local biscuits but its taste is like the ‘Krackjack’ biscuit.

Arindam: - Hmm…thoda meetha thoda namkeen. Come on, it’s already 10.15 AM. We need to take an auto.

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Prady: - Bhaiya, is this auto going to Munna Road bus stand, where we will get the bus for Etunagaram forest?

Auto driver: - Yes, Sir. Just get in.

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Arindam: - Have you noticed one thing? This Warangal town looks like a village only. Hardly, I can see any hi-fi buildings in this town. There are lots of SMEs in this town. There are hardly any residential complexes in this town. I don’t know, whether there are any big offices in this town or not.

Prady: - People of Warangal are very poor. You cannot compare the people of Warangal with that of Hyderabad.

Auto driver: - How can you expect the people of Warangal to be rich, unless the Andhra Pradesh government takes some initiative to provide development in this town. Not a single Andhra Chief Minister has ever done anything for Warangal. They made Hyderabad a superb city, but Warangal is still in a very poor condition. We have reached Munna Road, Sir. You have to cross this road and from that bus stop at that right hand side lane, you will get the bus for Etunagaram forest.