Noida authorities on cleaning job, after the demolition of twin towers

Noida, Aug 29: Residents of Noida's Emerald Court housing society woke up today to a mountain of debris left behind by the controlled explosion that brought the Supertech twin towers to the ground, capping their nine-year legal battle with the realtor.

 

 

 

Visuals from the site showed cleaners at work, scraping the layer of dust from the ground near the site where the twin towers stood till 2.30 pm yesterday.

 

 

 

The covers of the buildings next to the twin towers, put up to minimize the entry of dust caused by the blasts, are yet to come off, and a huge mass of rubble could be seen in front of them. A member of the resident welfare association of the housing society in Noida's Sector 93A. She said she returned home around 11.30 at night. "There was a smell of dynamite, the rest was fine. We just removed the AC covers and slept off." This morning, she said, she woke up to a clear sky. "We had received an advisory that there will be pollution. When I woke up, I saw a blue sky, so I came out without a mask," said the RWA member, who manages the housekeeping and horticulture services for the society. Asked if there is a plan to celebrate the legal victory against the realtor and the demolition of the twin towers on the ground of illegality, the resident said, "Absolutely, we have planned it this evening. We are going to get together for a while. The battle is won for sure. It's an example for the entire country." Residents of the society had moved court, contending that the realtor Supertech built the twin towers in an area that was to be made into a garden in the original building plan. They argued that the realtor violated norms to sell more flats and enhance profit margins.

 

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The realtor later modified the building plan to include two more towers with 24 floors. This was approved by the authorities. A later plan, increasing the number of floors to 40 was also cleared.