As a preparation for Indian Air Force (IAF) planes to use the highway as a landing strip in a military exercise, a patch of Lucknow-Agra Expressway will remain closed today. A stretch around 65 km from Uttar Pradesh’s capital near Bangarmau will be closed for vehicular movement.
The stretch near Bangarmau in Unnao district, around 65 km from Uttar Pradesh’s capital will be closed for vehicular movement. The drill – conducted by the IAF in collaboration with the Uttar Pradesh Government – will see participation from a C130 with Garud commandos for assault landing as well as three Jaguars, six Mirages (in two batches of three each), six SU 30s (in two batches of three each) in touch down and take off operation.
This is not the first time the Expressway is witnessing an aircraft landing. Earlier, an IAF Mirage 2000 fighter plane had successfully landed on the Yamuna Expressway on May 21, 2015. The 302-km highway has a 3-km stretch which has been designed as per IAF’s standards for emergency landings. The Expressway is crucial because of its proximity to the national capital.
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