Rigging of Noida twin towers with explosives completed; blast to be executed from 100 metres away

Edifice Engineering, the company entrusted with the responsibility to bring down the Noida twin towers located in Sector 93A, completed charging of the towers on August 22. Edifice is carrying out the work in collaboration with South Africa-based Jet Demolition. The twin towers will be demolished at 2.30 pm on August 28.

"Charging of both the buildings has been completed today. We will start floor-to-floor interconnection work tomorrow (August 23). The blast will be done from 100 metres away from the twin towers. An electric wire will be used to trigger the blast," said Mayur Mehta, project manager at Edifice.

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While the charging of the smaller tower Ceyan was completed on August 17, the taller tower Apex was fully charged on August 22. Of the twin towers, Ceyan is around 97 metres tall, while Apex is 100 metres high. The Apex has 32 floors and Ceyane has 29 floors.