Girivan - a private hill station near Pune

Sahyadri mountain range in monsoon is enchanting. Last weekend we had a nice over night trip at private hill station in Sahyadri near Pune, aptly named Girivan. One of my colleague Mr. Shirambekar (call on 9820552621 for bookings) have a bungalow there and for his persistent invitation we decided to make it.



Girivan happens to be a hill station in Hotale village near Kolvan of Mulshi taluka of Pune district. Approximately at 2400 feets above sea level and 400 feet above the lonavala hill station, naturally the climate is cool and refreshing. Add to that the monsoon dimension of water falls around the hills and freshness of air.



This area as I learnt was private property of versatile marathi stage and television actor Vikram Gokhale and developed by his realty firm Sujata Farms of Pune. Being close to Pune (Paud Road is just 10 Km away), many week end picnickers thrive here. Public transport is dependent on State Transport buses till kolvan, so you need to hire a vehicle or take your own. The property is well developed and secured from all the sides with private security firms and maintenance staff.


The food, can be arranged from a restaurant in the complex and is good as well as affordable. The area near the restaurant is developed on the basis of theme park, with natural water fall to be developed for year around in near future.

Many houses can be availed for rent in Girivan with the help of developers and their housekeeping team at affordable rates.

More Ganapati Special Trains on Konkan Railway

Konkan Railway has decided to run Ahmedabad – Madgaon – Ahmedabad special trains during the Ganapati festival to clear the extra rush of passengers on its routes.

Train no. 0909 Ahmedabad-Madgaon special train will be run on 30th Aug, 1st Sept, 7th Sept and 9th Sept. The train will leave from Ahmedabad at 1410 hrs Madgaon at 1330 hrs on next day.

Train no. 0910 Madgaon-Ahmedabad special train will be run on 31st Aug, 2nd Sept, 8th Sept and 10th Sept. The train will leave from Madgaon at 1400 hrs and reach Ahmedabad at 1335 hrs next day.

The train will halt at Vadodara, Surat, Valsad, Vasai Rd, Bhiwandi, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Veer, Khed, Chiplun, Savarde, Aravali Rd, Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri, Adavali, Vilvade, Rajapur Rd, Vaibhavwadi, Nandgaon, Kankavali, Sindhudurg, Kudal, Sawantwadi Rd, Pernem, Thivim, and Karmali.

The train will have 18 coaches including ten sleeper and two 3rd AC coaches.

These are additional trains to the earlier 48 Ganapati specials announced.

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• Konkan Railway to ply 48 Ganapati Special trains

Konkan Railway to ply 48 Ganapati Special trains

Good news for passengers travelling to Konkan during the Ganpati festival !... In anticipation of huge crowd of people travelling towards their native places in Konkan, KR will be running 48 special trains between Mumbai and Madgaon via Konkan Railway route w.e.f 29th August, 2008.

• Dadar– Madgaon – Dadar reserved special trains : 0105 Dn special train will run ex-Dadar from 29th August to 6th Sept, 2008 and again from 8th Sept to 14th September, 2008. The train will leave Dadar at 0035hrs & reach Madgaon at 1510 hrs.0106 Up special train will run ex-Madgaon from 29th August to 6th Sept, 2008 andagain from 8th Sept to 14th September, 2008. The train will leave from Madgaon at1540 hrs and reach Dadar at 0500 hrs the next day. 0105/0106 will halt at Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Veer, Khed, Chiplun,Savarde, Aravali Rd, Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri, Adavali, Vilavade, Rajapur Rd,Vaibhavwadi, Nandgaon, Kankavali, Sindhudurg, Kudal, Sawantwadi Rd,Madure, Pernem, Thivim, and Karmali. The train will have 17 coaches.
• CSTM – Madgaon – CSTM Unreserved special trains : 0107 Dn special train will run ex-CSTM every alternate day from 29th August to 12th Sept and 0108 Up special train will run ex-Madgaon every alternate day from 30th August to 13th Sept, 2008. 0107 Dn will leave from CSTM at 2355 hrs and reach Madgaon at 1410 hrs nextday and 0108 Up will leave from Madgaon at 1440 hrs and reach CSTM at 0420hrs next morning. The train will have 19 coaches. 0107/0108 will halt at Dadar, Thane, Panvel, Roha, Mangaon, Veer, Khed, Chiplun, Savarde, Aravali Rd, Sangameshwar, Ratnagiri, Adavali, Vilavade, Rajapur Rd, Vaibhavwadi, Nandgaon, Kankavali, Sindhudurg, Kudal, Sawantwadi Rd, Madure, Pernem, Thivim, and Karmali.
  

Detailed time table can be seen on www.konkanrailway.com .