CSIR-CBRI, in its report to the Supreme Court on the razing of the Supertech twin towers, said the demolition debris of the two towers is estimated to pile up to a height of 11 metresNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday postponed the demolition of Supertech’s illegally constructed twin towers on Noida-Greater Noida expressway by a week to August 28, and asked Noida authorities and Edifice Engineering to adhere to the recommendations of the Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra. Accepting the report of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)-CBRI, submitted through chief scientist D P Kanungo, a bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and A S Bopanna acceded to senior advocate Ravindra Kumar’s request on behalf of Noida and granted an additional window of seven days – August 29-September 4 – for completing the demolition of the two 40-storey buildings in case of delay due to technical reasons or weather conditions. Demolition debris to be four-storey high CSIR-CBRI, in its report to the Supreme Court on the razing of the Supertech twin towers, said the demolition debris of the two towers is estimated to pile up to a height of 11 metres, which is around four storeys. “As per the construction & demolition waste management plan (yet to be approved by the state pollution control board) submitted to CSIR-CBRI by Edifice on August 9, the average height of the post-demolition debris pile will be about 11m (as per reasonable calculation).” “In view of this, barricading in the periphery of the debris pile may be done up to a maximum height of 12m for post-demolition activities and safeguarding the surrounding habitat. If deemed appropriate by the joint inspection team after demolition, the geo-textile fabrics removed from the surrounding buildings after demolition can be reused for this purpose,” the report stated. “Upon completion of the demolition task, a joint team of Noida, CSIR (CBRI and Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research – CIMFR), and Edifice, along with a representative of the local police, should visually inspect the debris and surrounding buildings before permitting evacuated residents to return,” it said, indicating they would have to stay away from their flats for at least a week after the demolition. Appearing for Supertech IRP, senior advocate Devadatt Kamat said though the IRP’s hands are tied financially by NCLT orders, it has paid Rs 70 lakh as fees of CBRI on court orders and requested the SC to make provision for additional payments that would have to be made from Supertech funds towards future costs. CBRI said it had permitted charging the towers on August 11, subject to these assurances: a) submission of structural analysis report by Edifice before August 15; b) structural audit report and completion of strengthening/repairing/ retrofitting measures by Supertech three days prior to the demolition without fail for three nearest towers of Emerald Court; and c) structural audit for the four towers of ATS village within 50m of the blast radius three days prior to the demolition. FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIAFacebookTwitterInstagramKOO APPYOUTUBE
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