Noida Twin Tower Case: Demolition Firm Seeks Extension Of Time

The 100-metre-tall twin towers was built in violation of building bye-laws inside the Supertech's Emerald Court housing society in Noida's Sector 93A.

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New Delhi: The Supertech Twin Towers in Noida that are supposed to be decimated next month might take some time to get demolished as Edifice Engineering, the firm hired to carry out demolition work has sought an extension of time to bring down the illegal structures, sources told news agency PTI. 

A test blasts was conducted earlier this month on April 10 to ascertain the appropriate amount of explosives needed for the demolition. In its August 31 judgment last year, the Supreme Court had ordered for the demolition of the said towers.

As per the apex court judgement, 100-metre-tall twin towers was built in violation of building bye-laws inside the Supertech's Emerald Court housing society in Noida's Sector 93A.

"The engineering firm carrying out the demolition of the twin towers has now written to Supertech for a time extension for the job, citing inputs from the foreign experts engaged for the work," a source told PTI.

Meanwhile, there has been no official response by Supertech on the development. 

Making the speculations rife, Noida Authority confirmed that Edifice has written to Supertech over the matter. "They (Edifice) have written to Supertech. The engineering firm has to comply with agreement signed with Supertech," Noida Authority CEO Ritu Maheshwari told PTI.

"It's the builder's responsibility to demolish the towers as per Supreme Court orders and within the submitted timelines. We can't allow time extensions on our own," Maheshwari said.

The demolition of two towers, namely - Apex and Ceyane - is scheduled for May 22.

However, after the test blasts, experts engaged in the decimated process pointed out that the structures of the buildings are very solid and more explosives would be needed than what was estimated earlier to bring the buildings down.

(With inputs from PTI.)