Rajasthan, September 9: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said that Emergency Landing Facilities (ELIs) will be developed at 19 other places, including Kharagpur-Balasore Road in West Bengal and Kharagpur-Keonjhar Road in Odisha, to strengthen country’s security.
Inaugurating the ELI on National Highway 925A in Rajasthan along with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, he said this highway run-way will further strengthen the country’s security in protecting the borders which are strategically important.
Gadkari said at 19 other places in the country on Phalodi-Jaisalmer Road and Barmer- Jaisalmer Road in Rajasthan, Kharagpur-Balasore road in West Bengal, Kharagpur-Keonjhar road and near Panagarh/KKD, Chennai in Tamil Nadu, on Puducherry road, in Andhra Pradesh on Nellore – Ongole road and Ongole – Chilakaluripet road, in Haryana on Mandi Dabwali to Odhan road, near Sangrur in Punjab, on Bhuj-Naliya road in Gujarat and on Surat-Baroda road, in Jammu and Kashmir in the Banihal-Srinagar road , Leh/Nyoma area in Assam and on the Jorhat-Baraghat road, near Sivasagar, Bagdogra-Hashimara road, Hashimara-Tezpur route and Hashimara-Guwahati road in Assam , Emergency Landing facilities will be developed.
“The construction of a world class National Highway is being done at record speed. Now, our National Highways will also be of use to the army, which will make our country more secure and always ready for emergency situations,” said Gadkari.
