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Sending a strong message to violators of environmental norms, the Supreme Court ordered demolition drive against four illegal waterfront apartment complexes here was completed on Sunday with the last two high rises pulled down using controlled implosion method. In perhaps the first of its kind drive in the country against illegal residential high risses, the four concrete colossuses housing nearly 350 flats were reduced to piles of rubble in seconds one after another over the last two days. Let us take a look at some of the images from the demolition drive:
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Explosives, weighing totally nearly 750 kgs, were used in a controlled manner to bring down the lakeside structures in Maradu. (PTI Photo)
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The Kerala government stuck to its time line of 138 days given to the Supreme Court in September last year as the meticulously planned operation was successfully carried out in a precise manner amid tight security and after people in the neighbourhood were evacuated as a precautionary measure.(AP Photo)
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Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC) was imposed in the evacuation zone of 200 metre radius from 8 am to 4 pm on both days to ensure there was no movement in the area. (PTI Photo)
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Areas in the 200 metre radius of the buildings were kept out of bounds for people and all kinds of traffic during their demolition.(PTI Photo)
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The towering buildings that took several months to build and had housed 100s of families collapsed inwards into a pile of rubble like a house of cards in seconds, triggering mammoth 'clouds' of dust. (PTI Photo)
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he stunning spectacles were witnessed by a large number of people who perched themselves on top of houses and other buildings in vantage points just outside the evacuation zone even as police and district officials kept a vigil. (AP Photo)
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Ernakulam District Collector S Suhas and Kochi Police Commissioner Vijay Sakhare said the demolition drive was successful and said everything went as planned. (AP Photo)
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