Noida Twin towers demolition: Stray dogs shifted; admin urged to hold ‘dummy explosion’ to save birds

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Aug
28:
At
least
40
stray
dogs
living
in
and
around
the
Supertech
twin
towers
in
Uttar
Pradesh’s
Noida
have
been
shifted
temporarily
to
shelters
run
by
NGOs
ahead
of
the
court-mandated
implosion
of
the
buildings
on
Sunday.

An
NGO
has
also
requested
authorities
to
conduct
a
dummy
explosion
or
a
false
firing
just
before
the
twin
towers
are
razed
in
order
to
save
the
birds
in
the
area.

Several
NGOs,
including
House
of
Stray
Animals,
Friendicoes,
Society
for
the
Prevention
of
Cruelty
to
Animals
(SPCA)
and
Happy
Tails
foundation
have
pitched
in
to
accommodate
the
stray
dogs
temporarily.

Around
5,000
residents
of
the
two
housing
societies
near
Supertech
twin
towers
have
also
been
evacuated
in
view
of
the
implosion
planned
at
2.30
pm.
Founder
of
House
of
Stray
Animals,
Sanjay
Mohapatra,
who
has
been
working
to
evacuate
the
stray
animals
from
the
area
around
the
twin
tower
said
they
have
requested
authorities
to
carry
out
a
dummy
explosion
in
order
to
save
the
birds
in
the
area
from
the
blast.

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”We
are
planning
and
working
since
August
8
to
save
these
stray
animals
from
the
impacts
of
demolition.
We
also
requested
the
authorities
concerned
to
make
two
or
three
false
firing
or
dummy
explosions
first
so
that
the
birds
do
not
get
affected
due
to
the
blasts,” Mohapatra
told
PTI.

He
said
around
40
stray
dogs
have
been
shifted
to
shelters.

The
volunteers
of
the
NGOs
also
carried
out
awareness
campaigns
outside
the
premises
of
the
twin
tower
and
advised
people
to
vacate
the
area
along
with
their
pets
temporarily.
”We
have
been
working
in
association
with
Noida
Authority
and
Noida
police
to
evacuate
stray
animals.
When
we
got
to
know
that
demolition
date
was
postponed
to
August
28,
we
formed
a
team
on
August
21
considering
we
had
some
more
time
to
save
these
voiceless
creatures,” Mohapatra
said.
He
said
the
evacuated
stray
animals
will
be
returned
to
the
area
by
evening.
”We
have
been
visiting
the
premises
of
the
twin
tower
everyday
to
ensure
no
animal
enters
the
area.

At
least
40
volunteers
have
been
involved
in
their
evacuation,”
he
said.
SPCA
member
Anuradha
Dogra
said
there
were
several
stray
dog
feeders
too,
who
got
in
touch
with
them
for
the
evacuation
of
the
dogs.
”Stray
dog
feeders
also
got
in
touch
with
us
for
evacuation
of
the
animals.
We
received
a
call
this
morning
regarding
one
such
dog
who
was
inside
the
premises.
We
have
coordinated
with
Noida
authorities
to
shift
the
dog
from
there,”
Dogra
said.