Barmer: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday inaugurated a 3km long emergency landing strip here on NH 925 for the IAF aircraft.
NHAI took about 19 months to construct the emergency landing strip on Satta-Gandhav stretch on NH 925 in Barmer. Speaking on the occasion Nitin Gadkari promised the IAF that the emergency landing strips for the armed forces planes will be developed within 15 days instead of 1.5 years.

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NH 925 is India’s first national highway to be used for emergency landing by the IAF planes. He said the armed forces should create a small airport here. As per my knowledge, there is no airport here in the area of around 350 km. I have told CDS (Chief of Defence Staff) Bipin Rawat sir that you can create a small airport here, Gadkari stated.

He also said that if you need land, we will give it to you. You should conduct your defence activities there, and there would also be small set of civil operations. If private airlines start one or two daily flights, local people will get benefited too.