Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate an Emergency landing field on National Highway-925 at Gandhav Bhakasar Section at Barmer, in Rajasthan today, September 9. The statement further said this is the first time that National Highway will be used for emergency landing by the Indian Air Force.

As per an official release, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has developed a 3-km section of Satta-Gandhav stretch of NH-925A, as an Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) for the Indian Air Force.

This project will improve connectivity between villages of Barmer and Jalore districts located on the international border, the statement said, adding that the stretch is located in the western border area will facilitate the vigilance of the Indian Army as well as strengthen the basic infrastructure of the country.

This facility is part of the newly developed 2-lane paved shoulder of Gagariya-Bakhasar and Satta-Gandhav Section having a total length of 196.97 km and costing Rs 765.52 crore under the Bharatmala Pariyojana. 

Meanwhile, several fighter jets landed on the National Highway-925 on Wednesday, a day before the inauguration of the emergency landing field. 

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