Noida: Demolition of Twin Towers, Apex, and Ceyane, which was constructed by Supertech in violation of the building norms in sector 93A of Noida, as directed by the Supreme Court was carried out successfully on Sunday, a New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) spokesman said here. Clouds of dust covered the area immediately after the demolition which was carried out by Edifice, the company entrusted with the task of demolishing the 103-meter-tall structure, bigger than the historical Qutub Minar in New Delhi. There are no reports of loss of life during or after the demolition. It is the biggest demolition exercise in the history of the National Capital Region (NCR) in Uttar Pradesh.
Sources said that hospitals and medics were kept on alert in case of any exigency. Anti-smog guns were used to settle the dust so that pollution does not spread to other areas. Sources said that Richter scales are being used to measure the intensity of the blast. It will take around three months to remove the debris. The Noida spokesman said that as per the order of the Supreme Court the Twin Towers constructed on plot number GH-04 in sector 93A have been demolished at 2.31 pm.
“The demolition exercise was carried out by Edifice Engineering of Mumbai and Jet Demolition Agency of South Africa. It took only 10 seconds to demolish the buildings,” he said. Noida CEO Ritu Maheshwari said that residents of the neighboring buildings, which were vacated before the demolition, can return to their dwellings by 7 pm. The spokesman said that there was the effect of dust and smoke for 10 minutes after the demolition.
“A joint team of the Authority and Edifice Engineering inspected the spot after the demolition during which no defect was deducted in the structures of adjoining Emerald Court and ATS Village buildings. Only 10 meters long boundary wall of ATS village and some glasses were damaged in the demolition, which will be repaired soon,” he said. He said that tankers were being used by the authority to remove dust that has gathered on the roads. “Roads were cleaned using a sweeping machine. A smog gun water sprinkler was used to settle the dust. The roads have been cleaned by the sanitation workers, water tanker and sweeping machine,” he said. The spokesman said that traffic on the Noida-Greater Noida expressway has resumed. “Emerald Court and ATS Village which were adjacent to the Twin Towers have been cleaned. To check the Air Quality, monitoring equipment was installed at six places and the air quality was monitored continuously during the demolition and AQI is normal.
