Noida Twins Tower Demolition: Arrangements Done By RWA

India's highest structures ever to be demolished in 9 seconds


Ahead of the demolition of the Twin Building, All the necessary arrangements have been made by the Resident Welfare Association (RWA) to conduct the demolition of Supertech's twin 40-storey towers in its Emerald project in Noida scheduled on August 28.

The demolition will take place at 2:30 pm on August 28.

As per A Sachar, RWA Vice-President, "We are obeying all issued advisories. Primarily, we have (man & vehicle) to evacuate by 7 am on August 28; protocols made on behalf of RWA."

Moreover, he added, "Lights, elevators, and water supply to be shut down post-evacuation. All maintenance staff to be evacuated to a safe zone, along with residents in nearby societies. We are expecting a no man's land by noon. Blast to be done at 2:30 pm, after which government agencies to conduct an inspection."

In a report, 3,700 kilograms of explosives have been installed to demolish Supertech's twin 40-storey towers in Uttar Pradesh's Noida on August 28.

Explosives, installed on all the floors, will be connected with wires that will be completed in the next two to three days. For the past several weeks, the work of installing explosives in the Twin Towers was going on.

Explosives have already been installed in Ceyane Tower and now the work of explosive installation in Apex has also been completed.

Supertech's illegal twin towers which are taller than Qutub Minar will become India's highest structures ever to be demolished in 9 seconds at 2.30 pm on August 28. Impact cushions have been designed to reduce vibration.

"It will take nine to 10 seconds for all the explosives to blast in a series making a loud noise," said Edifice Engineering partner Utkarsh Mehta.

Noida DCP Traffic Ganesh Shah on Monday visited Supertech Twin Towers.

"Traffic planning is in the final stages. A few days ago, the road in front of the twin towers was closed. All roads connected to it will be closed on the day of the demolition," he said.

The demolition of the Apex (32 storeys) and Cyane (29 storeys) would leave behind approximately 35,000 cubic metres of debris that would take at least three months to be cleared.

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