India, May 29 -- The Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority (YEIDA) will construct an emergency road along a Noida International Airport (NIA) runway and will complete it before the commercial operations begin on June 15, an official said on Thursday.

"A special emergency access road will be built at NIA to deal with any untoward incident, disaster, or emergency situation. This 140-metre-long and 7-metre-wide road will be built in the eastern direction of the runway and will be connected to the 30-meter cargo road," Shailendra Bhatia, additional chief executive officer (CEO) of YEIDA, told HT.

"The construction work is about to start, and will be completed before flight operations begin," added Bhatia, who is also the nodal ...