Lagatar24 Desk: Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari inaugurated an emergency landing strip on National Highway 925 on Thursday for Indian Air Force (IAF) planes.
A Hercules C-130J plane of the IAF conducted a mock emergency landing on NH-925, making it India’s first national highway to be used for emergency landing of IAF aircraft.
“The first aircraft to land during the demonstration would be the C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and Air chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria inside it,” said India Air Force.
Sukhoi-30MKI, An-32 and Mi-17v5 helicopter also landed on the Emergency Landing Strip in front of the two ministers, showing its complete operational readiness to act as an auxiliary military base.
Apart from the emergency landing strip, three helipads have been constructed in Kundanpura, Singhania and Bakhasar villages under this project.
