India, Feb. 11 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate a newly constructed Emergency Landing Facility (ELF) on the Dibrugarh-Moran stretch of National Highway 127 in Assam on Saturday.

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the prime minister's aircraft will land on the National Highway and later take off from the four-lane highway airstrip at Moran instead of using the runway at the Chabua Air Force Station.

"His flight will not take off from the airport but from the four-lane highway at Moran. This will be a historic moment for us," Sarma said.

According to the CM, PM Modi will depart from New Delhi at 7:15am on February 14 and reach Chabua Air Force Station at 9:50am. From there, he will travel to Moran, where his air...