![]() ![]() ![]() The drill was part of more elaborate trials to see how many other highways can be used for emergency landing of defence aircraft. In a first for military aviation in India, the Indian Air Force on successfully landed a French Dassault Mirage 2000 on the Yamuna Expressway near Raya village, Mathura, at about 6.40 am. The Yamuna Expressway was formally inaugurated on 9 August 2012 by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, via video-conference from Lucknow, about two years behind of its original target completion date. In May 2012, Jaypee Group informed state government officials that construction of the expressway had been completed. Yamuna Expressway project was implemented by Jaypee Infratech Limited. The project was reactivated in 2007 when former Chief Minister Mayawati regained power in 2007 state elections and was renamed from Taj Expressway to Yamuna Expressway in 2008. But the project could not start because of frequent change of Uttar Pradesh state government till 2003 and also it wasn't financially viable back in 2003. The project was conceived by the Government of Uttar Pradesh in 2001 (By BJP lead by Rajnath Singh). It was conceived with the idea of reducing the travel time between Delhi NCR and Agra.
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