Rajnath, Gadkari inaugurate emergency landing strip on NH-925 near Pak border
The Grey hull of the C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft of the IAF came down thundering from an overcast sky as it landed on a new 3-km stretch of National Highway 925 that runs through Agarawa, a village barely 50 km from the border with Pakistan, on Thursday.
It was the first time that such a large jet had landed on the highway, which connects Barmer and Jalore towns of Rajasthan.
The aircraft was carrying Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, who arrived to inaugurate the Emergency Landing Field on the Gandev-Bakhasar stretch, constructed by NHAI in collaboration with the IAF.
