As the Supertech Twin Towers were brought down to rubble like a pack of cards, after a series of controlled explosions, , thousands of people watching from vantage points outside the ‘exclusion zone’ in Noida’s sector-93, started clapping while lakhs of people glued to their TV set to witness the historic
event.
Besides a large number of locals, there were people from neighbouring Delhi, Haryana, Ghaziabad, Gurugram, reached Noida to witness the implosion of twin towers.
Sumit Singh, a resident of Karnal drove for three hours just to witness the demolition live with his family.
“I was stopped by the police around 800 meters before the towers, despite several requests, the police personnel did not let me go closer to the towers for safety purposes. My son wanted to watch this epic demolition with his own eyes,” Singh said.
For the past three days, he was asking us to take him to the spot on the day of demolition. We tried really hard to convince him, but he refused to watch it on TV. That’s why just to fulfill his wish, we traveled all the way from karnal to Noida,” he said.
Sanjana Arora, a resident of Lajpat Nagar was waiting from 12 PM in the afternoon just to watch the razing of the illegally constructed twin towers.
Arora told The Pioneer that she was very curious that how the authorities will demolish these skyrocketing buildings in a manner that the nearby societies won’t be affected by this. “This will be a historic moment as for the first time in India, something of this sort is happening. It is a big win against corruption. I hope that people will learn from this that rule is equal for everyone,” Arora said.
A resident of Delhi, Kamla Nagar, Ashima that this is a lifetime event and I wanted to watch it live.
“My family is constantly calling me as they prevented me to go to Noida to witness this special moment. I came by bus and I will only leave after the towers were being razed. I am so happy that the builders got what they deserve. They think that they can do anything they want and they are above the law of the land. This will be a lesson for the people who think that they can do anything if they have money,” she said.
Prashant Kumar, a resident of the adjoining society Emerald Court, said, “I am very happy that this illegal building will be razed off today, as the land on which these towers were constructed was supposed to be the green belt on which the authorities has to develop the park for the nearby area residents.”
“After a fight of 13 years, these towers are finally being leveled and the residents will get the park for which they have paid for at the time of buying the house,” Kumar
said.
Another resident of the Silver City society, Ankush Khurana said that he along with his family moved to the temporary accommodation provided by the
society.