Noida Supertech Twin Towers Demolition Today Highlights: The illegal Supertech Twin Towers in Uttar Pradesh’s Noida were demolished today and fell like a pack of cards, bringing to close a nine-year-long legal battle. The nearly 100-metre-high towers. higher than Delhi’s iconic monument Qutub Minar fell like a pack of cards within 9 seconds, courtesy 3,700 kg of explosives that was infused in the buildings. The Apex and Ceyane buildings had 915 flats, 21 shops and 2 basements, taller than Delhi’s Qutub Minar. The Noida-Greater Noida Expressway was shut down for traffic resumed just 15 minutes after the demolition. Around 5,000 residents of the nearby societies — ATS Greens Village and Emerald Court — had evacuated their flats for the demolition, and they can start arriving from 6:30 PM onwards. Cooking gas and electricity supply have been restored. Noida CEO Ritu Maheshwari said that there have been no damage caused to housing societies.
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Close to 500 police and traffic personnel were deployed around the demolition site and the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway. A no-fly zone was imposed over Noida for drones. Air space within a radius of one nautical mile above the blast was made unavailable for flights during the period of the demolition. Mumbai-based Edifice Engineering has partnered with South Africa’s Jet, carried out the blast.
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The demolition exercise took place under a Rs 100 crore insurance policy, which included damage to adjacent buildings, if any. The premium and other costs have to be borne for Supertech Ltd, the company that built the twin towers.
The two towers were rigged with over 3,700 kgs of explosives, which were inserted into nearly 7,000 holes in the pillars of the buildings and 20,000 circuits were set. The blast was planned to ensure that the towers fall straight down in what is called the "waterfall technique".
Ritu Maheshwari, CEO, Noida Authority says that pre and post-demolition AQI data is almost the same. Residents of nearby societies will be allowed around 7 PM. Around 100 water tankers and 300 cleaning staff have been deployed.
The nearly 100-metre-high structures were brought to the ground in seconds literally like a house of cards by the ‘waterfall implosion’ technique, in a breathtaking spectacle of modern day engineering.
Ritu Maheshwari, CEO Noida Authority said that ten metres of boundary wall of ATS society has been damaged after being hit by debris. There has no information of damage from anywhere other than this.
Noida CEO Ritu Maheshwari said that cleaning is being done, gas and electricity supply will be restored in the area. She added that people in neighbouring societies can start coming in from 6:30 PM.
Rubble of demolished twin towers laid bare along with a cloud of dust in the vicinity.
Anti-smog gun to spray water droplets in the air to bring down dust installed in an area.
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The illegal twin towers have been demolished.
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The Supertech twin towers are all set to be demolished at 2:30 PM, just 15 mins from now.
"The Twin Towers Apex and Ceyane in Noida are a part of the Emerald Court project at Sector 93A constructed on land allotted by Noida 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," Supertech Ltd said in a statement, as quoted by PTI.
"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 Supreme Court and are committed to implement the same," the statement added.
"We have completed and given delivery of more than 70,000 units to homebuyers and are committed to give delivery to remaining homebuyers as per schedule time frame. We assure all our home buyers that the order of Supreme Court will not affect any other ongoing project and all other projects will continue," it read.
NDRF team in its final leg of preparations before the Supertech demolition begins in UP's Noida at 2:30 pm. Canine warriors also brought in.
"Everything is fully ready, we are moving towards the countdown," says Noida CP Alok Kumar.
Residents' Welfare Association president of Emerald Court and petitioner in twin towers case UBC Teotia expresses happiness that the battle is finally won after a decade.
The Supertech twin towers, the highest structures in India, are located in Sector 93A in Noida and is near the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway. The towers comprise 850 flats, and have a height of almost 100 metres.
The illegal twin towers in Noida's Sector 93 A will be demolished using "controlled implosion" at 2:30 PM today. Apex and Ceyane towers, both taller than the Qutub Minar, have 915 flats, 21 shops and two basements.
Noida Police Commissioner, along with several other officials arrived at ATS Village society in Noida for an inspection ahead of demolition. The ATS Village is nearby the twin towers and residents have been shifted to a temporary shelter.
The Noida-Greater Noida Expressway will be shut between 2:15-2:45 PM at two points -- Mahamaya and Pari Chowk. The service roads around exclusion zones have been closed and the expressway would be shut for a maximum of one hour, Noida DCP Rajesh S told the Indian Express.
Cars are stuck on the service road due to traffic jam leading to Fortune school road on the Greater Noida Expressway.
-2004: Housing society 'Supertech Emerald Court' proposed in Noida.
-2005: Noida authorities sanction plan, earlier outlined for 14 towers and nine floors.
-2012: Noida accepted revised map of Supertech, height of twin towers was fixed at 40 floors.
-2012: Emerald court Residents’ Welfare Association (RWA) moved the Allahabad High Court, alleging that the construction was illegal.
-2014: Allahabad HC orders demolition.
-2021: Supreme Court upholds Allahabad HC order, noting structures had come up violating construction norms.
Mumbai-based Edifice Engineering along with their South African partner firm Jet Demolitions will carry out the demolition scheduled at 2:30 PM. Among its projects of demolition, Edifice engineering had previously executed demolition of illegal residential complexes in Kerala’s Maradu, Telangana’s secretariat and central prison, and old Motera stadium in Gujarat, among others.
In the adjoining societies of the Supertech twin towers, cooking gas and power supply disconnected have been disconnected, officials said.
-Of nearly 80,000 tonnes of construction and demolition waste that will be generated. 50,000-55,000 tonnes will be used to fill up site. Rest will be sent construction and demolition waste plant for processing.
-For dust control: Special dust machine have been installed at demolition site to monitor pollution levels. Noida authority will provide water tankers, mechanical sweeping machines, sanitisation staff.
-For medical emergencies: Beds have been set aside in three hospitals in case of any emergency.
1.Both towers taller than Qutub Minar, which stands 73 metre.
2.Apex and Ceyane have 915 flats, 21 shops and 2 basements.
3.Demolition carried out due to multiple violations.
4.Residents of nearby societies have been evacuated
The Apex tower with 32 floors and the Ceyane tower of Supertech Ltd with 29 floors are 102 metre and 94 metre respectively. Both are taller than the Qutub Minar at 73m and India Gate at 42 metre.
NDRF team has arrived at the Supertech's demolition spot in Noida's Sector 93A.
In front of the twin towers, the exclusion zone will include an area of 450 metres. It oversees a road and a city park. On the other side of the Supertech twin towers, the exclusion zone will be till 250 metres, Gautam Buddh Nagar’s Deputy Commissioner of Police (Headquarters) Ram Badan Singh had told PTI.
Drones will not be allowed to fly in the “exclusion zone” of Supertech’s illegal twin towers -Apex and Ceyane. An exclusion zone was marked where no person, vehicle or animal would be allowed during the demolition process.
RK Arora, Chairman of Supertech Ltd, the company that built the illegal towers, said that there was no deviation from the building plan and that it respects the orders of the Supreme Court that has ordered its demolition.