The Indian Air Force today successfully landed its front-line Mirage-2000 on Yamuna Expressway near Mathura as part of its 'road-runway' trails. "The aircraft made a practice approach on the highway, coming down to a
height of 100 metres before landing off the next approach. The
operations were conducted with active support from the government of
Uttar Pradesh, Yamuna Expressway Authority, toll authorities of JP
Infratech and the civil police," the IAF said in a statement. It has also been revealed that a 3 km stretch of this greenfield expressway will be converted into a road-runway & that the IAF will bear the entire cost of the project.
The 165-Km long Yamuna expressway is India's largest greenfield expressway connecting two major cities of Greater Noida & Agra. This massive expressway was built at a cost of INR 13,000 crores & was inaugurated in the year 2012. Here are some dazzling images of this expressway.
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