The surrounding area was filled with hope and enthusiasm Supertech Twin Towers in Noida With the time for the demolition of the nearly 100-metre-high illegal structures approaching on Sunday, officials are making last-minute preparations to ensure nothing goes wrong. Before the court-mandated detonation of the buildings scheduled at 2.30 pm, the area saw heavy police deployment where the authorities had also deployed water tankers and anti-smog guns.
The authorities had put up heavy barricades on the twin towers and its surrounding roads with no vehicles allowed there. Officials said the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway will remain closed between 2:15 pm and 2:45 pm. To ensure the safe demolition of the buildings, the officials also performed early morning pujas.
Officials said Sunday morning that the evacuation of about 5,000 residents of the two housing societies near the soon-to-be-demolished twin towers has been completed.
Police officials said the evacuation of residents from the Emerald Court and ATS Village Society was to be completed by 7 am, but it took a little longer.
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Supertech says the twin towers have been constructed as per the building plan approved by the Noida Authority
Realty firm Supertech on Sunday said that the twin towers, to be demolished this afternoon, were constructed as per the building plan approved by the Noida development authorities and no deviations were made.
Supertech said the demolition of these two towers will not affect its other real estate projects, which will be offered to home buyers.
The nearly 100-metre-high Apex and Cayenne towers are scheduled to be demolished at 2.30 pm on Sunday in pursuance of a Supreme Court order that found their construction within the Emerald Court complex to be in violation of norms. More than 3,700 kg of explosives are being used in this operation.
“The Twin Towers Apex and Cayenne in Noida are a part of the Emerald Court project in Sector 93A, built on the land allotted by the Noida Authority. The construction plans of the project, including the two towers, were approved by the Noida Authority in 2009 in strict accordance with the then prevailing building bye laws declared by the state government, Supertech Ltd said in a statement.
He said that no deviation was made from the building plan and it was constructed after making full payment to the authority.
“However, the Hon’ble Supreme Court has found the construction not satisfactory on technical grounds and has accordingly issued orders for demolition of the two towers. We respect the orders of the Supreme Court and are committed to implement the same,” Supertech said. Told.
The company has entrusted the demolition work to Edphis Engineering, a world-renowned agency that has expertise in the safe demolition of high-rise buildings, the statement said. – PTI
Noida
40 stray dogs were shifted; Administration urged to do ‘dummy blast’ to save birds
At least 40 stray dogs living in and around the Supertech twin towers in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida have been temporarily shifted to shelters run by NGOs ahead of the court-mandated demolition of buildings on Sunday.
An NGO has urged the authorities to conduct a dummy explosion or false firing just before the twin towers are brought down to save the birds in the area.
Several NGOs, including the House of Stray Animals, Friendiko’s, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and the Happy Tales Foundation, have worked to temporarily accommodate stray dogs. – PTI
Noida
Electricity, gas supply off
The supply of cooking gas and electricity to two societies in Sector 93A has also been cut off in view of the planned blast at 2.30 pm on Sunday, said an official overseeing the evacuation exercise.
“The evacuation work has been completed. The supply of LPG and electricity has been switched off. They will be restarted later after security clearance,” said a police officer. PTI ,
Deserted roads in Noida before the twin towers were demolished on Sunday. , photo credit: Shiv Kumar Pushkar
Apart from the residents, their vehicles and pets have also been evacuated, the official said. However, some representatives of private security and residents’ groups would remain inside the societies till around 1 pm after which both the premises would be completely empty, the official said.
There is a program to demolish two illegally built towers at 2.30 pm – PTI
Noida
Around 500 police, traffic personnel deployed at the site
In addition to the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC), about 500 police and traffic personnel have been deployed in the vicinity of the Twin Towers.
DCP Rajesh S, who is the incident commander of the police to oversee the evacuation exercise, said, “Around 400 civilian police personnel were on demolition duty on Sunday.” DCP (Traffic) Ganesh Saha said 150 to 200 traffic personnel were also separately deployed at all important junctions to facilitate movement of vehicles in view of restrictions and diversions on various routes.
Incident Command Center van to monitor the demolition of the Twin Towers seen in the background in Noida. , photo credit: RV Murthy
Mr Saha said his department was informing commuters about the changes and Google Maps was showing real-time updates on the diversion.
“In case of any doubt, people can call the Noida traffic helpline number 99710 09001 for updates,” the official said. – PTI