The domestic gas services resumed on Monday morning while the cleaning work continued in full swing in the residential societies and roads around the now-demolished Supertech twin towers on Monday.
Meanwhile, police personnel remain deployed at a road stretch in front of the now-demolished twin towers. The stretch has been barricaded for a fortnight now for security reasons. Since morning, water sprinkling machines were deployed to settle the dust particles while the cleaning of debris on roads and residential societies continued. The Noida Authority CEO, Ritu Maheshwari said cleaning activities like washing and sweeping, which had started on Sunday evening itself, were continuing in full swing and a large number of workers and officials were on the job.
“Water was being sprinkled on trees and plants in the two societies and nearby areas that got covered by dust in the wake of the demolition, while roads were also being washed,” she said.
She said electricity, domestic gas and water supplies were restored soon after the inspections post demolition. “The supplies are running normal and no malfunction has been observed by our officials till now. We are keeping a close eye on all the supply lines,” the senior IAS officer said. “Green garbage caused due to twin tower demolition has been cleared from various areas.
Washing, sweeping and other cleaning activities ongoing,” Maheshwari tweeted. An official said that most of the repairing works of window panes, which cracked during the demolition, have also been completed.
A huge mound of debris comprising top three floors of Ceyane toppled during demolition had fell into the ATS Village compound, damaging a nine metre wall patch.
Mayur Mehta, project manager for Edifice Engineering, said, "this particular piece of debris fell inside the range that had already been marked by the demolition team had in its calculation. The damage to the wall was already factored in."
While the twin towers are gone now, several locals tried to reach close to the huge mounds of debris to take pictures and videos from close quarters Monday. Standing nearly 100-metre high – taller than Qutub Minar (73 metre – the twin towers are India's tallest illegal residential structures to have been demolished.