Noida twin towers demolition: Around 500 police, traffic personnel deployed

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Aug
28:
Around
500
police
and
traffic
personnel
besides
the
Provincial
Armed
Constabulary
(PAC)
have
been
deployed
as
the
area
around
Supertech’s
twin
towers
here
was
put
out
of
bounds
for
civilians
ahead
of
Sunday’s
planned
demolition
of
the
structures.

Road
diversions
were
put
in
place
early
in
the
morning,
as
evacuation
of
all
residents
from
the
two
adjoining
housing
societies
of
Emerlad
Court
and
ATS
Village
in
Sector
93A
was
completed
around
8
am,
police
officials
said.

Over
3,700
kg
of
explosives
has
been
loaded
into
the
twin
towers,
which
are
scheduled
to
be
imploded
at
2.30
pm,
and
an
area
of
roughly
500
square
metres
around
them
has
been
converted
into
an
exclusion
zone,
where
no
human,
vehicle
or
animal
is
allowed.

Noida’s
Supertech
twin
towers
demolition:
A
timeline
of
9-year
saga
that
ends
today

DCP
Rajesh
S,
who
is
also
the
police’s
incident
commander
for
overseeing
the
evacuation
exercise,
said,
”Around
400
civil
police
personnel
were
on
demolition
duty
Sunday.” DCP
(Traffic)
Ganesh
Saha
said
separately
150
to
200
traffic
personnel
were
also
deployed
across
Noida
at
all
crucial
junctions
to
facilitate
movement
of
vehicles
in
view
of
restrictions
and
diversions
on
several
routes.

Saha
said
his
department
was
keeping
commuters
informed
about
the
changes
and
Google
Maps
was
showing
real-time
updates
on
diversions.

”In
case
of
any
doubt,
people
can
call
up
Noida
traffic
helpline
number
99710
09001
for
updates,” the
officer
said.