Noida Twin tower demolition: Cops ban use of drones from Aug 26 to 28

India

oi-PTI

Noida,
Aug
25:
The
Noida
Police
on
Thursday
banned
use
of
drones
in
city
skies
from
August
26
till
August
28
citing
security
reasons
in
view
of
the
demolition
of
Supertech’s
illegal
towers,
according
to
an
order.

Deputy
Commissioner
of
Police
(Headquarters)
Ram
Badan
Singh
invoked
the
powers
under
CrPC
Section
144
as
he
passed
the
ban
order.

“Emerald
Court
Twin
Towers
in
Sector
93A
of
Noida
are
proposed
to
be
demolished
on
August
28.
It
is
necessary
to
ban
drone
operations
in
view
of
security,”
the
order
stated.

“Drones
will
not
be
operated
by
any
private
person
or
institution
from
August
26
to
28.
Violation
of
this
order
will
be
an
offense
punishable
under
IPC
Section
188
(disobedience
to
order
duly
promulgated
by
government
officials),”
it
added.

Noida
twin
towers
demolition:
There
will
be
35,000
cubic
metres
of
debris

Earlier
police
had
declared
that
drones
will
be
allowed
but
only
beyond
the
“exclusion
zone”
of
about
500
metre
and
that
too
with
their
permission.

No
human,
animal
or
vehicles
would
be
allowed
in
the
exclusion
zone
on
August
28.

The
nearly
100-metre-tall
Apex
and
Ceyane
towers–taller
than
Delhi’s
iconic
Qutub
Minar-are
scheduled
to
be
demolished
at
2.30
pm
on
August
28
in
pursuance
of
a
Supreme
Court
order
that
found
their
construction
within
Emerald
Court
premises
in
violation
of
norms.

Over
5,000
residents
living
in
Emerald
Court
and
adjoining
ATS
Village
society
will
be
evacuated
on
August
28.
They
will
vacate
premises
by
7
am
and
allowed
only
after
safety
clearance
post
demolition
by
agencies
concerned
around
4
pm.