Noida Twin-Tower Demolition: After a 10-year legal battle and a year after the Supreme Court’s direction to demolish the illegal Twin Towers built by Supertech, that day has finally arrived. Watch the exact moment the tower was razed to the ground by authorities on Sunday, August 28. live update
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Structures nearly 100 meters high – higher than Delhi’s iconic Qutub Minar (73 meters) – were brought to the ground in seconds, like the House of Cards by the ‘waterfall implosion’ technique, in a breathtaking spectacle of modern-day engineering. Minutes after the demolition, surrounding buildings appeared safe.
The Apex (32 floors) and Ceylon (29 floors) towers were under construction since 2009 within the Supertech Emerald Court housing society in Sector 93A, Noida, adjacent to the national capital Delhi. They were the tallest structures to be demolished in India.
More than 3,700 kilograms of explosives were used in the demolition of the building. An official of Edifice Engineering, the company that was entrusted with the demolition, said there was no damage to the residential towers adjacent to the Emerald Court Society.
A team of officials from Edifice, South Africa’s Jet Demolition, CBRI and Noida was conducting a structural analysis of adjacent buildings at Emerald Court and ATS Village Societies.
Water sprinklers and anti-smog guns have been activated at the site to reduce dust, an official said. Before the towers were demolished, about 5,000 residents of Emerald Court and ATS Village Society evacuated their homes for the day. They will be allowed to return after the approval of the inspection team.
About 3,000 vehicles and 150-200 pets, including cats and dogs, were also carried. Demolition of the structures removes an estimated 35,000 cubic meters or 55,000 tons to 80,000 tons of debris consisting mainly of concrete debris, steel and iron rods and will take another three months to dispose of properly.
The Supreme Court had on August 31, 2021 ordered the demolition of the towers for violation of building norms in “collusion with district authorities”, stating that illegal construction should be avoided to ensure compliance with the rule of law. should be dealt with strictly.
The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida), also known as the Noida Authority, had gotten a rap on its knuckles as the apex court came to the notice of several incidents of connivance of its officials and violation of norms with Supertech Ltd in the Emerald Court project. pointed to. Realty major in construction of Twin Towers.
“The case has exposed the nefarious complicity of the Planning Authority in violation by the developer of the provisions of the law,” the Supreme Court said.
The local Noida authority, which had approved the building’s map in the first place, oversaw the mega demolition exercise, which had been under planning for almost a year now.
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