India's first emergency landing strip on national highway inaugurated in Barmer, Rajasthan

The Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and the Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated an emergency landing strip at Gandhav Bhakasar section on National Highway-925 in Barmer, Rajasthan, for Indian Air Force (IAF) planes, on September 09, 2021.
With this inauguration, the NH-925 has become India’s first national highway to be used for emergency landing of IAF aircraft.
The landing strip at NH-925 has been developed by the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) over 3 km stretch at a total cost of Rs 43 crore.
Centre has identified over 20 other locations across the country for similar emergency landing fields.