Supertech twin towers case: Supreme Court sets Aug 28 as new demolition date
India Today
The Supreme Court has allowed the demolition of Noida Supertech twin towers on August 28.
The Supreme Court on Friday gave its go-ahead to the rigging of Supertech twin towers in Greater Noida expressway with explosives on August 28.
The planned razing of the 40-storey superstructures has been ordered due to the violation of building bye-laws.
The court allowed the extension of the date after going through the report by the court-appointed technical expert. The apex court had ordered the demolition of the nearly 100-meter-tall structures last year.
The twin structures, which were so far scheduled for demolition at 2:30 pm on August 21, will now be demolished on August 28.
The court took note of the report by Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), which had given its approval to demolition firm Edifice Engineering to proceed with the charging process.
A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna agreed with CBRI's submissions and gave additional bandwidth from August 29 to September 4 for demolition, in case of any supervening circumstances delaying the demolition on August 28.
The new date was decided after going through the proposal by all stakeholders, including the Noida Authority, CBRI, developer Supertech, demolition firm Edifice Engineering and its South African partner, Jet Demolition, on safety measures for the job.
