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India has joined 100-metre building demolition club: Foreign brain behind Noida twin tower success

As per media sources, the Noida Authority has now turned its attention to the 100 or so similar buildings in the neighbourhood to see if they, too, were built in violation of the law in the aftermath of the twin tower demolition.

NEW DELHI -- Two high-rise apartment towers in India were leveled to the ground in a controlled demolition on Sunday after the countrys top court declared them illegal for violating building norms, officials said. They became Indias tallest structures to be razed.

A series of controlled explosions reduced the 100-metre tall structures to a huge pile of rubble. The once in a lifetime spectacle was witnessed by lakhs. Let's have a look at how the demolition process started and how it concluded.

Following the demolition of the Supertech twin towers in Noida, steps should be taken for regular air monitoring, and waste segregation to minimise environmental impacts, say environmentalists."The Supreme Court has reaffirmed the belief ...

With the successful demolition of the Supertech twin towers, India has joined the club of countries that have razed buildings taller than 100 metres, Joe Brinkman of South African firm Jet Demolitions has said.

While the twin towers demolition largely remained successful, a boundary wall of a nearby residential society suffered damage while windowpanes of several apartments developed cracks, officials said here on Sunday.

Top officials along with the Noida police commissioner inspected the twin tower demolition site on Monday as the issue of debris management remained a concern for them as well as residents of nearby societies. Edifice Engineering said it would take 90 days to clear the debris, estimated to be around

The Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) was appointed by the Supreme Court as a technical expert for the demolition of Supertech's nearly 100-metre tall illegal structures in Noida's Sector 93A.

On Sunday, the Supertech Twin towers in Noida were completely razed to the ground through 3700 kilograms of explosives. The demolition of the structure was implemented following an ultimatum by the Supreme Court. The twin-towers were a hundred metres high structure located at Sector 93A in Noida, with the Apex tower having 32 floors and…