Speaking ahead of the demolition of Supertech's illegal twin towers in Noida, Jigar Chheda of Edifice Engineering said the Noida authorities have issued guidelines for people in the vicinity. “They are very clear about what the residents and the Noida authority have to do. Everything is crystal clear. They have already been told when they need to vacate and come back, and the precautions being taken,” he said, reported news agency ANI. Edifice engineering is a part of the demolition project.
“Gail pipelines have been designed as per the Richter Scale 4 here. It is three meters under the ground. Still, we have placed plates above it. There won't be any problem with the Gail pipelines,” Chheda said.
The final check up of explosives and related arrangements are underway. All work related to placement of explosives and connecting them is already complete. The only element remaining was interconnecting the twin towers and placing a 100-metre-long cable from the structures to the exploder, from where the button would be pressed on Sunday.
Over 3,700kg explosives will be used to raze down the nearly 100-metre-tall structures—taller than Delhi's iconic Qutub Minar—in pursuance of a Supreme Court order that found their construction within the Emerald Court society premises in violation of norms. Around 5,000 residents of Emerald Court and adjoining ATS Village societies have to vacate their premises by 7am on Sunday while also removing nearly 3,000 vehicles and taking away 150-200 pets, including cats and dogs, with them for the day.
Diversions would be placed on roads leading to the twin towers in Noida Sector 93A from Sunday morning while the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, barely 200 metres from the demolition site, would be closed for vehicular movement from 2pm to 3pm, DCP (Traffic) Ganesh Saha said. Google maps will have updated feeds for diversions and real-time traffic situations on Sunday, Saha said, adding that arrangements have been made for movement of emergency vehicles.
DCP (Central Noida) Rajesh S. said around 400 police personnel would be deployed for law and order duty, while PAC and NDRF personnel would also be on the ground for any contingencies. Chief Medical Officer Sunil Sharma said the health department would station six ambulances at the site equipped with officials and medicines. Beds have been reserved at the district hospital and private medical facilities Yatharth, Felix and Jaypee too.
