Things you want to know about ‘Noida twin towers’ raze | VIDEO

India witnessed its biggest demolition in history. Why did it happen?Has this happened in India before? These are some questions arising in every Indian’s mind now.Let us know about India’s biggest ‘Noida twin tower’ demolition.
The Supertech twin towers in Noida were demolished on Sunday, August 28, a year after the Supreme Court's direction to raze the illegally built structures to the ground. The Apex (32 floors) and Ceyane (29 floors) towers were under construction since 2009 within the Supertech Emerald Court housing society in Sector 93A of Noida, adjoining the national capital of Delhi. They were the tallest structures to be demolished in India. An official of Edifice Engineering, the company which was tasked with the demolition, said there was no damage to the residential towers in the adjoining Emerald Court society. The nearly 100-metre-high structures were taller than Delhi's iconic Qutub Minar (73 metres).

Why the buildings were demolished?
The Supreme Court had on August 31, 2021, ordered the demolition of the towers for violation of building norms in "collusion with district officials, holding that illegal construction has to be dealt with strictly to ensure compliance with the rule of law". The New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA), also called the Noida Authority, had received a rap on its knuckles as the top court pointed out multiple incidents of collusion of its officials with Supertech Ltd in the Emerald Court project and violations of norms by the realty major in construction of the twin towers.