Noida demolition: Residents return to adjoining complexes, big chunk of debris found in ATS compound

The windowpanes of some apartments were also smashed, but no structural damage reported so far to the two adjoining buildings

As they returned to their homes in large numbers a day after the adjoining Supertech twin towers were razed, residents of ATS Village found a huge chunk of the demolished building lying in their compound.

About 75% of the ATS village and nearly half of the Emerald Court, the other residential complex just metres away from the demolished twin towers, are back.

The windowpanes of some apartments were also smashed, but no structural damage reported so far to the two adjoining buildings—ATS Village and Emerald Court.

"There have been reports from four to five houses about cracks in window panes. Even if it is 10 such cases, it is a minor thing. No major damages in our society," UBS Teotia, president of Emerald Court residents group said.

The chunk that fell in the ATS complex comprises top three storeys of Supertech’s Ceyan tower. It damaged a nine-metre stretch of the compound wall.

Mayur Mehta, project manager for Edifice Engineering, said, "This particular piece of debris fell inside the range that had already been marked by the demolition team had in its calculation. The damage to the wall was already factored in." Edifice Engineering earlier said it had got a ₹100 crore insurance done for repairs in case of any structural damage to nearby residential towers. 

The firm also said it would replace all cracked window panes due to the demolition in Emerald Court and ATS Village. Around 5,000 residents of the two societies, closest to the twin towers—Apex (32 storeys) and Ceyane (29 storeys), were evacuated on Sunday ahead of the 2.30 pm explosion that brought down the towers in just 12 seconds along with thousands of tonnes of debris and clouds of dust that spread in the nearby areas.