Singur Dam – The ‘Beer Machi’ Trip

Our Journey:

Trip Date: Saturday, January 21, 2017

It was one of the rarest days in ISB when we had absolutely no work and decided to step out of the campus to break the routine. I vaguely remember how we narrowed it down to this lesser known place in Telangana – Singur Dam, situated approximately 76 km. from the city (via ORR). None of us had any idea about the place. We just wanted to go and explore.

We planned to leave by 6 in the morning but naturally, the lazy fellows that we are, we started at 9:30. With one 30 min. break for breakfast we reached the destination by 12 PM. On reaching we realized that mercury was quite high and it was too hot to handle the temperature. Cursing ourselves for making such a plan, we started walking towards the dam. Few steps on top of the dam, cool breeze greeted us. Woooaaaaaahhhh… much needed at that moment. The water on the other side had a nice blue color, which was quite refreshing to the eyes. We walked throughout the length of the dam for 25 – 30 min., clicking customary selfies. Post this, we found ourselves scratching our heads, having no clue what to do. There was a boat ride in the reservoir. But, none of us were ready for the fear of scorching heat.

Views from the dam

Views from the dam

As time was inching towards 1, our stomachs started to growl. We enquired the locals for food options. We followed their advice, which ended up being quite a surprise for us. There were 2 shops under one huge tree. One selling fried fish, mirchi bajji and egg pakoda and the other selling chilled beer. Guess the prices – 25 /- for one whole fish..!!! The other items – mirchi bajji (20/- for 4 pieces) and egg pakoda (20/- for 4 pieces) were quite cheap. What initially was a gloomy trip suddenly turned out to be awesome. Within no time we made ourselves comfortable under the tree and started hogging. We didn’t know how the next couple of hours flew by. With full tummies and face full of smiles, we stared back around 3:30 PM and reached ISB around 5:30 PM.  

For the amazing combo of beer and fish that came as a sweet surprise in a no man’s land, we call this trip as “Beer-Machi” trip (Machi – shortcut for Machli (‘Fish’ in Hindi))

Fish Fry..!!! Yayyyy..!!!!

Yummmmm...!!!!!!

Other Info

·      Other lunch options – There is a government tourism center, which offers veg and non-veg thalis at a moderate price.