Chinmay Kole's video: BHOSTE GHAT : FULL JOURNEY : MSRTC SEMI LUXURY HIRKANI ST BUS CABIN RIDE : MUMBAI - GOA HIGHWAY

PARSHURAM GHAT : FULL JOURNEY : MSRTC SEMI LUXURY HIRKANI ST BUS CABIN RIDE : MUMBAI - GOA HIGHWAY. Khed is a town with a municipal council in the Ratnagiri district of the state of Maharashtra, India. Situated on the Mumbai - Goa Highway, NH 66, it is surrounded by a number of villages. Khed is the headquarters of Khed taluka which connects the district administration with the village administration. Khed is located at 17.72°N 73.38°E.[1] It has an average elevation of 25 metres (82 feet). Alphonso mangoes are grown in the area around the town. Khed lies between Kashedi Ghat and Bhoste Ghat. The region surrounding the town is mostly mountainous. The Jagbudi River is a large river located in the area. Raghuveer ghat is mainly use for picnic spots. The Bhagwan Parshuram Temple is located in the city on NH-66. the Temple is on the hilly area of Khed City and also the mid location from Khed as well as Chiplun. Raghuvir ghat is one of the best picnic spot in khed specially in rainy & winter season. Kalkai temple is one of the best places to visit. The Jalal Shah Baba Dargah is located in the city on NH.66. the Dargah is on the Veral Gav next to Khed Railway station Rasalgad is the fort located in the Khed Taluka. The way to Rasalgad passes from Khed City by crossing the Bharana Naka Junction and many other villages such as Sukivali, Kudoshi, Tale, Mandave, Kosamwadi, Bharade, Kulwandi, Tisangi, Ambawali, Shirgaon, Khopi, Bijghar, Hedali, Kandoshi (Aai Ramvardayani temple), Mahipatgad fort, also in summer best place for swimmers vakvali water park near Khed. Khed lies off National Highway NH-66, popularly known as Mumbai-Goa Highway, which connects Khed with cities like Mangalore, Panaji, Madgaon, Karwar and Udupi. The Bharna Naka – Khed road, part of state highway SH-106, connects NH-66 to the town of Khed. Khed has a railway station on the Konkan Railway line and a Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus station connecting Khed taluka to major cities in Maharashtra. Khed railway station connects three talukas (Dapoli, Mandangad, and Khed) to the railway map of India. The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation abbreviated as (MSRTC, or simply ST), is the state run bus service of Maharashtra, India which serves routes to towns and cities within Maharashtra as well as to its adjoining states. It has a fleet strength of 21,449 buses. It also offers a facility for online booking of tickets for all buses. Recently From 21st May 2020, the Corporation Started Goods Transportation, Private Bus Body Building, Private Vehicle Tyre Remoulding. In Future Corporation will start Petrol Pump for Private Vehicles all over the Maharashtra. The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation was established by the State Government of Maharashtra as per the provision in Section 3 of RTC Act 1950. The MSRTC operates its services by the approved scheme of road transport published vide Notification MVA 3173/30303-XIIA dated 29 November 1973 in the official gazette. The area covered by the scheme is the entire area of the state of Maharashtra. The undertaking is operating stage and contract carriage services in the entire area of the state of Maharashtra except S.T. undertaking defined under Section 68 A (b) of M. V. Act and other exceptions published in the scheme. The first bus was flagged off from Pune to Ahmednagar in 1948. MSRTC is operating a fleet of approximately 21,449 buses that ferry 8.7 million passengers daily. The Ordinary, Parivartan, Asiad and City Buses are built at MSRTC's in-house workshops at Dapodi, Aurangabad, and Nagpur on Ashok Leyland and TATA chassis. These workshops produce as many as 20,000 buses per year on average. The corporation has nine tyre retreading plants along with 32 divisional workshops. The Shivneri air conditioned bus service consists of Volvo 9400R and Scania Metrolink buses. The Shivshahi buses are air-conditioned luxury buses which are operated by MSRTC and some private contractors. In 2018, MSRTC added approximately a 1,000 special non-AC Vithai buses, which were introduced to ferry passengers to the pilgrim town of Pandharpur in Solapur district. They have a seating capacity of 45 seats and a similar design to that of 'Parivartan' buses. In 2019,the MSRTC introduced new non-air conditioned buses with beds and recliner chairs specially designed for long overnight routes. Extra facilities like reading lamp, night lamp, charging point, fan and two huge storage compartments have also been provided.