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Detailed explanation-1: -Defence minister Rajnath Singh and Gadkari last year inaugurated the country’s first emergency landing strip on a national highway at Gandhav-Bhakasar section on NH-925 in Barmer, Rajasthan.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ans : The first emergency landing facility in India is located on NH 925, which is in Barmer of the state of Rajasthan. It is a 3 kilometres section constructed by the national highway authority of India for the aircraft of the Indian air force.

Detailed explanation-3: -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 IAF.

Detailed explanation-4: -IAF identifies 28 emergency landing strips on highways.

Detailed explanation-5: -The country’s first emergency airstrip being built on the border of Barmer-Jalore district on the Indo-Pak border will be inaugurated on Thursday. As a rehearsal, three fighter planes were landed here on Wednesday.