Noida Supertech demolition: One tower fully rigged with explosives, charging process on

One of Noida Supertech’s illegal twin towers has been fully rigged with explosives and the charging process has begun in the other tower.

One of Noida Supertech’s illegal twin towers has been fully rigged with explosives and the charging process has begun in the other tower, officials said.

The Supreme Court had given its go-ahead to the rigging of Supertech twin towers on the Greater Noida expressway with explosives at 2.30 pm on August 28 after it found that 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.

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Ceyane is the smaller tower and had 29 floors when work was stopped on it. Apex is the taller one with 32 floors constructed. Both the residential towers were supposed to have 40 storeys.

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 the ground.

Officials said the discussion on road traffic management in the area on the demolition day was also part of the meeting, which also included local police.