Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi made a historic landing at the first Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) of the northeast aboard the C-130J aircraft in Assam's Dibrugarh district on Saturday. He took off from the Chabua airfield after his arrival and landed at the ELF in Moran on a stretch of National Highway-37.
The Rs 100-crore ELF, a 4.2-km reinforced stretch on the Moran Bypass, which was inaugurated by the prime minister, will act as a strategic and multi-functional runway for IAF fighter jets and transport aircraft, strengthening defence, logistics, and disaster response, said an official statement. The facility is designed for both civil and military use, serving as an alternative to the Dibrugarh airport in case of emergency, they added.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Air Chief Marshal A P Singh were also present on the occasion.
He further unveiled IIM Guwahati and inaugurated a high-tech data centre that would cater to the entire Northeast. The prime minister virtually inaugurated the temporary campus of the Indian Institute of Management Guwahati. The approval from the central government to establish an IIM came last year. This is the second IIM in the Northeast and the 22nd in the country. The first IIM in the region is in Shillong.
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The PM also virtually inaugurated the National Data Centre (NDC) for the northeastern region, set up at Amingaon in Kamrup district of Assam, from Lachit Ghat.
The state-of-the-art data centre with a total sanctioned load of 8.5 MW and an average rack capacity of 10 kW per rack will host mission-critical applications of various government departments and also function as a disaster recovery centre for other NDCs.
Modi also flagged off 225 electric buses under the PM-eBus Sewa Scheme. Of these, 100 buses are for Guwahati, 50 each for Nagpur and Bhavnagar, and 25 for Chandigarh.
Prime Minister also witnessed an aerial show featuring IAF's fighter jets and transport helicopters, engaged for urgent security situations and disaster responses, at the Emergency Landing Facility (ELF).
Prime Minister Modi is on a day-long visit to Assam. The PM was received at the Chabua airfield by Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, and senior officials of the state government.
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