3,500 kg Explosives, 7 am Evacuation: How Noida Towers Will Be Demolished
NDTV
Fire tenders, ambulances, etc, required for emergency services, will remain parked on the road constructed behind the park in front of the twin towers, showed evacuuation plan.
It's all set. The date is locked. The gunpowder is ready. Residents have been asked to stay away as the Supertech's 40-storey Noida twin towers will be demolished at 2.30 pm on August 28 in line with the Supreme Court order that found the structures were built in violation of norms.
The demolition of the nearly 100-metre tall building was to begin on August 21, but the top court accepted the Noida Authority's request for an extension, pushing the exercise to Augst 28. The twin towers, which were to house over 900 flats and 21 shops, are located in Noida's Sector 93B.
Residents of the nearby societies - Emerald Court and ATS Village - have been told to vacate houses by 7 am on August 28. The residents can return home only after 4 pm the same day.
More than 3,500 kg of explosives will be filled in around 9,400 holes drilled in the columns and shears of the skeletal structures of the twin towers, according to officials.
