According to recent reports, Noida Authority officials have confirmed that work to clear debris from the Supertech Twin Towers demolition site is likely to resume soon. Edifice Engineering, the company commissioned to undertake the work, has been given a revised deadline of 15th March 2023 to complete the pending work. The removal of debris on the site of the Supertech Twin Towers has been fraught with delays. Due to the construction prohibition implemented in the latter half of the year, the High Court's deadline of three months to remove the rubble was not met. Subsequently, work was once again stopped in January this year because of concerns about noise pollution.
According to recent reports, Noida Authority officials have confirmed that work to clear debris from the Supertech Twin Towers demolition site is likely to resume soon. Edifice Engineering, the company commissioned to undertake the work, has been given a revised deadline of 15th March 2023 to complete the pending work.
In December 2022, work to remove debris and break the basement raft was put on hold due to high air pollution levels, which necessitated a construction ban across the National Capital Region (NCR). The bans were imposed to reduce air pollution and protect public health, making it illegal for construction sites to resume operations without special permission.
This effectively delayed the progress of several projects and prevented the removal of debris as in the case of the Supertech Twin Towers. As a result, work on the debris removal and basement raft breaking for the Supertech Twin Towers was postponed until the ban could be lifted and the air quality improved.
In January 2023, the residents of Emerald Court sought police intervention to put an end of the constant drilling and concrete breaking work taking place at the Supertech Twin Tower demolition site which is located next to the complex. As a result, Edifice Engineering was given a new deadline 45 days to complete its work and a revised set of guidelines regarding machinery usage to be implemented. However, this deadline too was missed.
To address this issue, the Noida Authority called in the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) and extended the deadline for removing the rubble until the end of February this year. A new deadline has now been set of March 15 to complete their work without further intervention from the local authorities.
In August 2022, the Supreme Court ordered the demolition of Supertech Twin Towers on account of several violations. The towers were demolished using nearly 3700 kg of explosives, in a technique called waterfall implosion to mitigate the spread of debris. The razing was carried out by Edifice engineering and South Africa's Jet Demolitions. The demolition left nearly 80,000kgs of debris in its wake.
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