Noida: Soon, a garden for Supertech Emerald Court where towers stood

NOIDA: The twin towers’ demolition generated around 80,000 tonne of debris that were as high as a six-storey building. But the two and a half acres that it freed will now turn into a garden – as had been marked more than a decade ago in the original layout.

The process is likely to take at least 4 months as the massive amount of debris needs to be cleared out first.

“The land belongs to Supertech. However, it will be developed into a green area to be used by the residents of Emerald Court. There is no other plan,” said Ritu Maheshwari, the Noida Authority CEO.

Though excited at the prospect of finally having a garden, Emerald Court residents are worried too about the continuous movement of heavy vehicles in their society over the next few months for the removal of debris.

The rubble from the demolition has, meanwhile, spilled on to the Emerald Court and ATS Greens Village compounds.

While the Supreme Court has set a deadline of three months to clear the debris from the site, sources in the Noida Authority said it would take much more than that, considering the sheer volume of the construction and demolition (C&D) waste.

Of the 80,000 tonne of debris, officials will dispose of 30,000 tonne and use 46,000 tonne for levelling the site.

According to the debris management plan submitted by the demolition company – Edifice Engineering – 20 dumpers will transport 30,000 tonne of rubble to the Noida Authority C&D processing plant in Sector 80, which has a 300-tonne waste processing capacity per day.

After processing and recycling the concrete waste, workers will make pebbles, cement and tiles from it.

Uttkarsh Mehta, a partner at Edifice, said, “The Noida Authority has approved our debris management plan. We had a word with Ramky Reclamation and Recycling Ltd, with which the authority has a public-private partnership. They agreed to process the debris.”

Edifice Engineering initially suggested an agricultural plot be used as the landfill site, but the proposal was rejected as there were some disputes over the land concerned.

Besides concrete, Edifice will retrieve over 4,000 tonne of iron and steel from the debris and sell them in the market, hoping to recover a part of the company expenses on the demolition.