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FIFTH DAY SHEET

DAY 5, 25th AUGUST 2006, FRIDAY
STARTING POINT
ROUTE
DESTINATION

  Madurai
  (Taj Garden Retreat)

  Madurai District

  1. Madurai

  Virudhunagar District

  2. Kariyapatti
  3. Aruppukottai
  4. Pandalgudi

  Tuticorin District

  5. Ettaiyapuram
  6. Korukkuchalai
  7. Tuticorin


  
  

DISTANCE: 148KM ( 92 MILES)

Tasks for the daily challenge:

1. Fill petrol at AT Kasi agencies petrol station, Aruppukottai situated on the LHS of the road
2. Fill petrol at Kamesh agencies petrol station, Korukkuchalai situated on the LHS of the roadat about 65-70 kms from Aruppukottai

If a team doesn’t stop at compulsory points, a fine of double the points is placed.

If you do not finish in time, deduction of 5 pts for every late minute- Maximum 200 points deletion.

Answers should be written and submitted in the answer sheet provided with this day sheet.

  Task   Points    Importance
  Flag off
  Aruppukottai Petrol station
  Korukkuchalai Petrol station
  Finish
  100
  50
  50
  100


  Compulsory
  Compulsory

You’ll have to take the 45B national road to Tuticorin from the south of Madurai. You’ll go through Kariyapatti, Aruppukkottai and eventually reach Tuticorin. The stage is rougly 150 kms so start early in the morning so you get to Tuticorin in the early afternoon as there will be a nice party waiting for you on a deserted island!

Task#1-
Fill petrol at AT Kasi petrol station, Aruppukottai on the LHS of the road and get a payment bill from the petrol station.

Task #2 –
Fill petrol at Kamesh Fuels, Korukkuchalai on the LHS of the road and get a payment bill from the petrol station.




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Autorickshaw :

An autorickshaw (auto or rickshaw or tempo in popular parlance) is a vehicle usually for hire and is one of the chief modes of transport in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka it is also popular in many other countries. It is a motorized version of the traditional rickshaw, a small two- or three-wheeled cart pulled by a person, and the velotaxi. The autorickshaw is also related to its Thai cousin, the tuk-tuk and the Bajaj in Indonesia. Some more ways this is called are auto rickshaw, auto-rickshaw, autorikshaw, auto rikshaw, auto-rikshaw. Motorized rickshaw, Motorized rikshaw, Tuktuk, Three wheeler and in many parts of India simply as AUTO.