Noida

When the Authority's bulldozer ran in the Grand Omaxe Society, and the process lasted for about 6 and a half hours. At the sight of 4 bulldozers and 4 dumpers, the residents came out in protest, raising slogans against the government. However, this did not stop the bulldozers at work. Some women even burst into tears before the officers.

The video of the incident, captured in the CCTV camera installed at the gate, is said to be from the Cleo County Society in Noida. The woman allegedly got into an altercation with the guard, over the delay in opening the gate, at which she got angry and slapped him. According to the information, the woman is a professor and when the police received a complaint in this case, it took minor action and hushed up the matter. A recent episode of a woman misbehaving and assaulting a security guard at an apartment block had led to the woman being arrested.

RK Arora, owner of Supertech Group, told IANS that "It has not been decided yet what will be built there. Until the debris is completely removed, it is difficult to say what will be built there. Many people are writing anything, I don't care about all those things, when the debris is removed, then Supertech will clear the situation as to what will be built there."

Sweepers from Noida Authority have been continuously working since Sunday evening to remove the dust and soil in the buildings around the demolished Twin Towers. So far, 450 tankers of water have been used to make neighbouring Supertech Emerald and ATS societies dust-free. The water is also being sprayed using anti-smog guns. According to the information received from the authority, the capacity of a tanker is about 10,000 litres. In such a situation, 45 lakh litres of water has been used so far.

Project Manager Mayur Mehta said, "God is great. Everything went all right. Nothing happened to Aster 2 but there has been some damage to the wall of ATS Village. "The dust level is high and is going around in circles." The illegal twin towers of Noida were demolished on Sunday in a nine-second procedure.

As the preparations enter the last stages for the blast, the officials are making sure they that there are no loose ends and are engaged in re-checking every arrangement. The officials are ensuring no technical fault before the blast. The company has built a wall to prevent falling debris by placing old tyres and iron containers next to the basement of the twin towers. The wall surrounds the towers.

The nine second procedure will take place at 2.30 p.m. The residents of the adjacent buildings have moved to safer places. The airspace will be closed for about 30 minutes and surface traffic has also been diverted. Mumbai-based Edifice Engineering has been hired for the project and the button will be pressed by Chetan Dutta.

The area GH-04 sector 93-A where Supertech got the twin towers 16, 17 built lies in a green belt. If the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (Noida) wanted it could have changed the land use and allowed the construction of the building as per rules but that was not done. The project was revised thrice for increasing the number of floors. The Floor Area Ratio (FAR) was purchased twice for a total of Rs 23 crore (eight crore for the first time and 15 crore another time).

The twin buildings, which comprise 915 flats and are located just nine metres from Emerald Court's Aster-2 apartment block, have been fully rigged with explosives and wired up in August 28. A seven-member team of Jet Demolitions along with Edifice Engineering will bring down the twin towers with a controlled blast at 2.30 p.m. on Sunday (August 28). This will be the tallest towers to be demolished in the country.