SAIL supplied 33,500 metric tonnes of steel for Agra - Lucknow expressway

Steel Authority of India ( SAIL) supplied 33,500 metric tonnes of steel for the construction of the Agra - Lucknow expressway which facilitated the touch-and-go landing of planes of the Indian Air Force, on Tuesday. IAF conducted the touch and go landings on a stretch of the expressway, starting with a 35,000-kg C-130J Super Hercules aircraft.

SAIL had primarily supplied long products consisting of earthquake resistant TMT bars for the project, a statement issued by the PSU steel major said.

This is the first time that the C-130J transport aircraft joined the Indian Air Force's special drill to land planes on the expressway. The IAF had earlier landed its Mirage 2000 and Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets on the Yamuna Expressway and the Lucknow-Agra Expressway.

SAIL has supplied steel for projects of national importance spanning from Sardar Sarovar Dam, Dhola-Sadiya bridge, Chenani-Nashri tunnel to various metro projects, power plants and upcoming Statue of Unity at Gujarat.