The 40-story controversial Noida-based twin towers are finally on the verge of getting demolished the arrangements for which have been done by the Resident Welfare Association (RWA).
The Supertech’s emerald project in Noida is scheduled to be razed on August 28th at 2.30 PM. A Sachar Vice President of the RWA who is looking after the demolition project said, "We are obeying all issued advisories. Primarily, we have (man & vehicle) to evacuate by 7 am on August 28; protocols made on behalf of RWA.”
In a series of measures to be looked after the demolition task, lights, elevators, and the water supply will be shut down. The agency has been directed to ensure the safe evacuation of staff and other residents in the nearby society.
A total of 3700 KG of explosives have been installed in the multi-million project to raze down. The explosives have been installed on all the floors and will be made connected to the wires the work for which is still on before it will finally be executed on the scheduled date.
The illegal structure of Supertech is even taller than the Qutub Minar and will become the highest structure to be demolished ever in India.
The demolition will barely take 9 seconds to turn the luxurious controversial project into debris. To minimize the impact and vibration of the explosion a special cushion has been designed.
The Noida DCP of Traffic Ganesh Shah paid a visit to the site. “Traffic planning is in the final stages. A few days ago, the road in front of the twin towers was closed. All roads connected to it will be closed on the day of the demolition," he said.
The member associated with the matter and demolition of the project has informed the media that Apex (32 stories) and Ceyane (29 stories) name of the two towers in the controversial building that the demolition will leave approximately 35,000 cubic meters of debris which will take around 3 months to be cleared.
Why the tower is being demolished?
The fate of the Supertech Twin Towers in Noida, Uttar Pradesh was decided by the Supreme Court, which ordered for it to be torn down on August 21, giving the authorities a buffer period of 7 days. The demolition will now take place on August 28, Sunday.
The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA) had allotted a piece of land to the company Supertech for the construction of the residential building, sanctioning the construction of a total of 16 towers and a shopping complex under several terms.
After the construction was complete, the Supreme Court observed that some of the terms were not met, and the towers were illegally constructed.
According to the court order, the sanction given by NOIDA on 26 November 2009 and 2 March 2012 for the construction is violative of the minimum distance requirement and thus, the towers are being demolished because they have been “illegally constructed”.
The order was passed by the Allahabad High Court on the batch of petitions filed by the homebuyers of razing the construction besides, refunding the money of the apartment buyers.
Project Manager Mayur Mehta associated with Edifice Engineering the company which will look after the demolition task said, “This is the biggest demolition task to have ever happened in India, however, he said the company has carried out bigger projects in Africa.
The Supreme Court in its order even mentioned the company will itself take care of the expenses involved in the demolition task in cooperation with the NOIDA authority,