{"id":278087,"date":"2026-02-15T00:13:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=278087"},"modified":"2026-02-15T00:13:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T18:43:19","slug":"nes-first-elf-to-strengthen-defence-logistics-disaster-response-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2026\/02\/15\/nes-first-elf-to-strengthen-defence-logistics-disaster-response-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"NE&#8217;s first ELF to strengthen defence, logistics, disaster response: Officials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>GUWAHATI, 14 Feb:<\/strong> Northeast&#8217;s first emergency landing facility (ELF), which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Moran in Assam&#8217;s Dibrugarh district on Saturday, will strengthen defence, logistics and disaster response in the region, officials said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Rs 100 crore landing facility will act as a strategic and multi-functional runway for Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets and transport aircraft.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The facility has been designed for both civil and military use, serving as an alternative to the Dibrugarh airport during emergencies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ELF has been specially designed and constructed in coordination with the IAF to support the landing and take-off of military and civil aircraft, they said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It will serve as a critical asset for emergency response, enabling quick deployment of personnel for rescue and relief operations during natural disasters or strategic requirements in the Northeast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Envisioned as dual-use infrastructure, the ELF is capable of handling fighter aircraft up to 40 tonnes and transport aircraft up to 74 tonnes maximum take-off weight.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">India&#8217;s first ELF was inaugurated in 2021 in Rajasthan&#8217;s Barmer district.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Modi arrived at Chabua and boarded a C-130J aircraft from there. He then landed at the ELF and inaugurated it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had reviewed a stretch of National Highway 37, a part of the ELF, and interacted with IAF personnel on Thursday. (PTI)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GUWAHATI, 14 Feb: Northeast&#8217;s first emergency landing facility (ELF), which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Moran in Assam&#8217;s Dibrugarh district on Saturday, will strengthen defence, logistics and disaster response in the region, officials said. The Rs 100 crore landing facility will act as a strategic and multi-functional runway for Indian Air Force [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-278087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-north-east"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278091,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278087\/revisions\/278091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}