SC gives one-week extension for demolition deadline of Supertech twin towers

India

oi-Madhuri Adnal

New
Delhi,
Aug
12:
The
Supreme
Court
gave
one-week
extension
to
the
demolition
date
of
Supertech
twin
towers.
It
was
supposed
to
start
on
August
21
but
the
court
accepted
the
Noida
Authority’s
request
for
an
extension.
The
apex
court
gave
an
additional
one
week
buffer
till
September
4
to
take
into
account
any
marginal
delay
due
to
weather
conditions.

The
nod
of
the
Central
Building
Research
Institute
(CBRI)
was
the
last
approval
needed
for
the
charging
—
rigging
of
explosives
inside
the
structures
—
of
the
twin
towers
located
in
Sector
93B
in
Uttar
Pradesh’s
Noida.

The
proposal
has
been
made
in
view
of
the
reports
of
all
stakeholders,
including
the
Noida
Authority,
CBRI,
developer
Supertech,
demolition
firm
Edifice
Engineering
and
its
South
African
partner
Jet
Demolition,
on
safety
measures
for
the
job,
officials
told
news
agency
PTI.

Noida
Twin
Towers
to
be
loaded
with
explosives
by
August
20

More
than
3,500
kg
of
explosive
will
be
filled
in
around
9,400
holes
drilled
in
the
columns
and
shears
of
the
skeletal
structures
of
the
twin
towers,
according
to
officials.

Supertech’s
Apex
and
Ceyane
towers
in
Noida
Sector
93A
are
scheduled
for
demolition
in
pursuance
of
a
Supreme
Court
order
last
August
which
noted
that
the
structures
had
come
up
in
violation
of
building
norms.