Noida twin towers demolished
70 crore building turn to dust in 12 seconds!
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The Supertech Twin Towers in Noida were demolished on August 28 at 2:30 PM.
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It took almost Rs. 70 crore to build the two buildings.
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The buildings, measuring a little over 100 metres, were taller than Delhi's Qutub Minar.
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The waterfall technique was used to bring down the towers and the buildings collapsed inward within few seconds.
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The buildings were demolished with the help of 3700 kg of explosives.
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The demolition left behind approx. 55,000 tonnes of debris.
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The debris will yield an estimated 4,000-tonnes of iron and steel.
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Around 1,200 to 1,300 truck-loads of debris would have to be moved out from the site.
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The debris would take an estimated three months to be cleared.
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