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<strong>Emergency landing facilities will be developed at 19 other places to strengthen country&#39;s security, said Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari while inaugurating the Emergency Landing Field (ELF) on the Satta-Gandhav stretch of NH-925A in Rajasthan&#39;s Barmer district today.<br />
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This is the first time that a National Highway has been used for emergency landing of aircraft of Indian Air Force. The landing strip will be able to facilitate landing of all types of IAF aircraft.<br />
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Gadkari and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh had travelled to Barmer on C-130J aircraft to inaugurate the facility. They also witnessed aircraft operations on the ELF, which has been constructed in just 19 months.<br />
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Singh reiterated the Narendra Modi government&#39;s resolve to bolster the network of roads and highways across the country, with focus on constructing emergency landing fields at strategic and important places.<br />
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According to Gadkari, similar emergency landing facilities will be developed at 19 other roads in the country.<br />
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It includes the Phalodi&ndash;Jaisalmer, Barmer&ndash;Jaisalmer, Kharagpur&ndash;Balasore, Kharagpur&ndash;Keonjhar,Panagarh-KKD, Nellore&ndash;Ongole, Ongole&ndash;Chilakaluripet, Mandi Dabwali-Odhan, Bhuj-Naliya, Surat-Baroda, Banihal-Srinagar, Leh-Nyoma, Jorhat-Baraghat, Bagdogra-Hashimara, Hashimara-Tezpur, and Hashimara-Guwahati road.</p>
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<strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.indianarrative.com/india-news/in-a-first-iaf-planes-to-make-emergency-landing-on-a-national-highway-113397.html">In a first, National Highway to double up as landing strip for Indian Air Force planes</a></strong></p>
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