According to CNN, Indian authorities have evacuated thousands of residents from homes near two 40-story skyscrapers on the outskirts of New Delhi in preparation for their detonation today, Sunday, for violating building requirements, and these residents will return to their homes 5 hours after the removal process is completed. that.
Detonating the 103-meter-tall towers would take 12 to 15 seconds, making them the tallest structures ever demolished in the country’s history.
The destruction comes after the Supreme Court ruled last year that the contracting firm that built the two towers, Apex and Cian, violated critical construction requirements, mandating their removal. It is worth noting that India has a problem with illegal construction, but the most of them are tiny in scale.
Despite people’ concerns about the power of the explosion and dust pollution in the air, officials sealed the roads surrounding the towers and covered them with white plastic sheets in preparation for the detonation operation, which would be completed by 3,700 kg of explosives.
For breaking building regulations, Indian authorities demolished two 206-meter structures.
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