ELF explained: Why India’s Emergency Landing Facility in Assam is hailed as historic and how it is a blow to China

The 4.2-km Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) in Assam’s Moran is now part of India’s military history. The reason? It is the first of its kind in the Northeast. Developed at a project cost of nearly ?100 crore, 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 during emergencies, an official statement said. What is an ELF? An Emergency Landing Facility is a specially designed and reinforced stretch of a public highway that can double as a functional runway for military aircraft. Such facilities ensure that…