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By Kamlesh Tripathi
By Kamlesh Tripathi
Uttar Pradesh which is often
in the news for wrong and silly reasons had a moment of pride when in a first
for military aviation in the country, Indian Air Force on Thursday successfully
test-landed a French Dassault Mirage-2000 on the Yamuna Expressway near Raya
village, Mathura at 6.40 am on 21st May 2015.
The aim behind successfully
test-landing a Mirage-2000 fighter on Yamuna Expressway was to be able to use
national highways during emergencies.
Flown by Wing Commander
Prashant Arora from the “Tigers” squadron based at Gwalior, the French origin
Mirage-2000 first made “a practice approach” around 100-metre over the highway.
Then, after tearing back into the sky, the supersonic jet returned to finally
touch down.
The marvel of Yamuna
Expressway was constructed by JP Infratech when Mayawati was the Chief Minister
of UP and that showcases her vision for big infrastructure projects, and
Akhilesh Yadav the present Chief Minister showed graceful maturity by helping
IAF in landing a supersonic jet in the Expressway constructed by his rival.
Others who helped IAF were
Yamuna Expressway Authority and Mathura Police.
Though several countries,
ranging from China and Pakistan to Sweden and Germany have such “road runways.”
But it was the first of its kind in India.
IAF deserves commendation, and
so does JP Infratech for the Engineering genius. It is also a rare moment of
pride, for the citizens of the state and the country.
And last but not the least we
hope in this celebratory moment, the bickering and divided netas of UP will
join hands to honour the occasion.
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