The residents of Emerald Court and ATS Village societies in Sector 93A returned Sunday night, many others continued their journey back home Monday. Nearly 5,000 residents of the two societies, closest to the twin towers, were evacuated for the day ahead of the explosion that brought down the towers in just 12 seconds along with thousands of tonnes of debris and clouds of dust that spread in the nearby areas, according to news agency PTI report. The residents were allowed to return 7 pm onwards Sunday after safety clearance from an inspection team that included officials of Edifice Engineering, Jet Demolitions, CBRI and Noida Authority.
The Noida Authority CEO further informed that the 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.
In another related development, police personnel remain deployed at a road stretch in front of the now-demolished twin towers, while the stretch has been barricaded for a fortnight now for security reasons. With the twin towers 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, the report said.
(With inputs from PTI)
