Rajnath Singh lays foundation stone for Nyoma airfield near the LAC in eastern Ladakh
Laying the foundation stone for one of the world’s highest fighter airfields at Nyoma in eastern Ladakh amid the continuing military stand-off with China, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday that this airfield would prove to be a game changer for the armed forces.
Singh, at a function near the India-Pakistan border in Jammu, virtually laid the foundation for the strategic airfield and dedicated to the nation 90 infrastructure projects of Border Roads Organisation (BRO), worth over Rs 2,900 crore, spread across 11 states and Union territories.
Union minister Jitendra Singh accompanied the defence minister. The lieutenant governor, Manoj Sinha, received Singh at the Jammu’s Indian Air Force airfield.
The Nyoma Airfield, to be developed at a cost of about Rs 200 crore, will boost the air infrastructure in Ladakh and augment IAF’s capability along the northern border. The defence minister exuded confidence that this airfield, which will be one of the world’s highest (13,710 feet above sea level), would prove to be a game changer for the Indian military.