As directed by the Supreme Court, the demolition of twin residential towers, Apex and Ceyane of Supertech in Noida’s Sector 93A, began on Monday. The Edifice Agency have deployed a team of about 200 workers and engineers to demolish the walls of the 40-storey twin towers.
The demolition of Noida twin towers is likely to cost Rs 20 crore. “It may take 6-7 months to complete the entire demolition process,” said sources. Also, the cleaning of the debris from the demolition site may take up to 3 months.
Twin towers demolition begins
Edifice Agency is working on the demolition in association with South Africa’s Jet Demolition Agency.
Atleast 200 workers have been deployed to demolish the walls of the 40-storey twin towers. In accordance to manual demolishing, engineers are getting grills, windows and bricks out of the building.
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However, both the towers are proposed to be demolished with explosives by May 22. To minimise the risk factor during the blast, the iron and wooden materials in the building are being removed beforehand.
In the next two days, the agency will hand over the design of the blast to the authorities.
Supreme Court orders demolition
The Supreme Court on August 31 last year, ordered the demolition of the twin towers, part of Supertech’s Emerald Court project in Noida’s Sector 93, after the court found that the two towers were constructed illegally by the developer.
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The bench said, “we confirm the directions of the High Court including the order of demolition and for sanctioning prosecution under Section 49 of the UPUD [Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development] Act, as incorporated by Section 12 of the UPIAD [Uttar Pradesh Industrial Area Development] Act 1976, against the officials of the appellant and the officers of NOIDA [New Okhla Industrial Development Authority] for violations of the UPIAD Act 1976 and UP Apartments Act 2010.”
After the demolition orders, the apex court on January 17 this year ordered Supertech Ltd to sign a contract with a demolition agency as proposed by the Noida Authority.
