One of Noida twin towers fully rigged with explosives

August 18, 2022 18:50

One of the Supertech's illegal twin towers in Noida has been fully rigged with explosives, as the charging process continued in full swing on Thursday, officials said.

The nearly 100-metre tall structures are scheduled for demolition at 2.30 pm on August 28 in pursuance of a Supreme Court order that found the twin towers in Sector 93A were built in violation of norms.

"The charging -- rigging of skeletal structures with explosives -- was started on August 13 and completed in the Ceyane tower on Wednesday. The work on Apex tower is underway. The charging process is expected to be completed next week," an official said.

Ceyane is the smaller of the two towers and had 29 floors constructed when work was stopped on it.

Apex is the taller tower with 32 floors constructed. Both the residential towers were supposed to have 40 storeys.

Meanwhile, a meeting was underway among stakehokders, including Noida Authority, Emerald Court and ATS Village residents' groups, demolition firm Edifice Engineering, to discuss the evacuation plan for August 28 when the twin towers will be razed to ground.

According to officials, discussion on road traffic management in the area on the demolition day is also part of the agenda of the meeting, which also included local police. -- PTI

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