Twin towers in Noida were reduced to rubble on Sunday. It came crashing down within a span of nearly nine seconds after the use of 3,700 kg explosives, thus ending a nine-year-long legal battle.
Supertech towers, Apex (32 floors) and Ceyane (29 floors), in Sector 93A, which are taller than the Qutub Minar in the national capital, were 100 metres tall and were brought down with explosives in the biggest ever planned tower demolition bid.
Soon after the explosion that took place at the press of a button, the towers came crashing down, generating a cloud of dust and mountain of debris.
Soon after the demolition of the Supertech Twin Towers, Noida Authority CEO Ritu Maheshwari said that 10 metres boundary wall of a nearby society, ATS has been damaged after being hit by the debris. Now the cleaning process is underway in the vicinity of the Supertech Twin Towers that were demolished.
Maheshwari said that the demolition was successfully done and the residents of nearby vacated societies will be allowed to return to their homes at around 7 pm. “The planned demolition of Supertech Twin Towers was successfully done at 2:30 pm. The cleaning work has started and supplies restoration will start soon,” said Maheshwari.
An official of the Edifice, the company responsible for the task, Chetan Dutta said that the demolition of the Supertech Twin Towers in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida was 100 per cent successful. Expressing that he was “just 70 metres” away from the building, Dutta said, “The demolition was 100 per cent successful. It took 9-10 seconds for the entire building to demolish.”
“Our production was 100 per cent successful. We were crying when we entered the tower after the explosion. Our major concern was Emerald court (the nearby tower) which is completely safe,” he further said.
“There were ten people in my team, seven foreign experts and 20-25 people from Edifice Engineering,” the Edifice Official added.
On the other hand, the state administration took all possible arrangement. Environment Department of the Uttar Pradesh government had installed six Special dust machines at the demolition site to monitor pollution levels.
As the Supertech, the promoter, maintained that the building plans of the project including the two towers were “approved by the Noida Authority in 2009, which was strictly in accordance with the then prevailing Building Bye-laws announced by the State Government”.
The real-estate developer said that while it respects the order by the top court, no deviation from the building plan was made and the
building was constructed after making full payment to the Authority.
“The building plans of the Project including the two towers were approved by the Noida Authority in 2009 which was strictly in accordance with the then prevailing Building Bye-laws announced by the State Government. No deviation from the Building Plan was made and the Building was constructed after making full payment to the Authority.
However, the Hon’ble Supreme Court has not found the construction satisfactory on technical grounds and accordingly issued orders to demolish the two towers. We respect the orders of the Apex Court and are committed to implementing the same,” the statement issued by the developer said.
It further said that the work of demolition has been awarded to a “world-renowned agency”.
The Supreme Court had, in its order reaffirmed the order of the Allahabad High Court which stated that Supertech has to demolish the towers at its own expense.
“We have awarded the work of demolition to a world-renowned agency, Edifice Engineering which has expertise in carrying out safe demolition of high-rise buildings,” it said.
However, Supertech assured the home buyers that the order of the Supreme Court will not affect any other ongoing project and that all other projects will continue. “And we are committed to complete construction and delivering the flats to the allottees as per the scheduled time,” it said.