Boom ! The Supertech twin towers in Noida were reduced to rubble in just 9 seconds today. Brut takes you behind the scenes. 🎥
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00:00Namaskar, I am Vikas Kumar and with me is David John.
00:04We are standing in front of the building that is said to be taller than the Kutub Minar.
00:11And if you look at it from this angle, this tall building is a symbol of corruption.
00:15It will be demolished in a few minutes, at 2.30 pm, after the Supreme Court's order.
00:21The buildings around that building have been covered.
00:24They have been evacuated in the early morning.
00:27And from where the media is showing you this coverage, we are trying to give you a walk to understand the environment here.
00:39Come, David, let's go.
00:41This is the highway of sector 93.
00:45This is the flyover of Noida sector 93.
00:49The administration has barricaded this flyover from both sides so that the media can cover it.
00:58People from different TV channels are doing their coverage here.
01:01David, we are showing you this view because people are doing their coverage on the road.
01:06But we want to talk about this building, which is standing in front of you, which will be demolished after the Supreme Court's order.
01:12Tell our viewers about the controversy, the history of its construction, and the legal battle that has been fought to bring it down today.
01:24The view for them will be the view of this road, which is present now.
01:29Vikas, if we talk about this building, then this is the tower of the Supertake.
01:35In 2004, the Noida Authority, Noida Prasad, wanted a plot for the Supertake to build a housing society for this building in sector 93A.
01:46In 2005, the building plan was approved and it was decided that 15 towers of 10 floors would be built.
01:53But after that, in 2006, the Supertake changed its plan and 15 towers of 11 floors were built.
02:02So far, everything has been fine.
02:05But in November 2009, it was decided that 24 floors would be built for these two towers.
02:13And this is where things started to go wrong.
02:17In March 2012, 24 floors were increased and 40 floors were built for this building.
02:23In the same year, about 633 people had booked flats in these two towers.
02:31In December 2012, the people of Emerald Housing Society reached the Allahabad High Court and argued that two unauthorized towers had been built in the garden area.
02:44In 2014, the Allahabad High Court ordered the demolition of the towers.
02:51In addition, the people who have booked flats are asked to return the money with 14% interest.
02:59The Supertake does not get any mercy even in the Supreme Court.
03:02If we talk about 2014, this fight has been going on for 7 years.
03:10I will stop you in the middle.
03:12The people of the police department are trying to get rid of the people who have come here to see this.
03:30This is the first time in India that such a high tower has been demolished.
03:37The police department does not want to take any risk.
03:42That's why they are removing us from here.
03:44We were talking about the history of these two towers.
03:47We told you how this case reached the Allahabad High Court in 2012.
03:52In 2014, the Allahabad High Court ordered the demolition of both the towers.
03:58After this, the fight is fought in the Supreme Court.
04:01The Supreme Court also upholds the decision of the Allahabad High Court.
04:04In August 2021, the Supreme Court approves the demolition of these two towers.
04:10But when we are standing in August 2022, when these towers will be demolished after a long preparation of about 7 months.
04:21I will stop you once.
04:23I am showing you on the screen how people want to sit on the roof of a building and see it.
04:31The building will be destroyed.
04:33The public is very eager to see it.
04:37There are some people on the police barricade there.
04:40If I can show you the roof of the building that can be captured on my camera.
04:46No, it will not be visible from here.
04:48I think it should be visible from here.
04:54There is a light on the roof of that building.
04:57There are some people of the media and local people there.
05:00This is a matter of curiosity among all the people around here.
05:04Some people came here on this road, whom the administration people saw how they were removed.
05:11Excuse me, I stopped you in the middle.
05:13You tell.
05:14We were talking about its history.
05:17What was it?
05:19Why was it necessary to demolish these towers?
05:22We talked about the legal issues.
05:24We talked about the timeline.
05:26From 2004 to 2022, the matter is fought in the Supreme Court and the High Court.
05:34Today we are standing in August 2022, where this tower will be demolished in 12 seconds.
05:41I wanted to understand from you.
05:44When we came here in the morning, people from different backgrounds came here.
05:51They were not allowed to come so close.
05:53First of all, this vehicle is the vehicle of the Gautam Bhudnagar Police.
05:59It is the vehicle of the Noida Police.
06:01It is the Incident Command Center.
06:03All the senior officials who are watching this project, the police, the district officials and the rest of the companies,
06:10will keep a close eye on it so that they can see anything.
06:14People are still taking pictures.
06:16We saw this a lot yesterday.
06:18Yesterday, people were able to go close to this building.
06:21People were taking pictures and making videos there.
06:25Let's go this way.
06:27This is the second part of the road where the police are barricaded.
06:30If you can see, it is quite far.
06:32After that, no ordinary person can come here.
06:36The media people will come there.
06:38Since this incident is happening for the first time,
06:43I would like to say that the preparation of the administration is going well.
06:51They have blocked the entire road.
06:54The NDRF team is here.
06:56The police are here.
06:58The DM is here.
06:59The police commissioner is here.
07:00All the senior officials are here.
07:02There are arrangements to stop the dust from flying around this building after the demolition.
07:10You can see the crowd outside the barricade.
07:17Let me show you.
07:22I think they are also local people.
07:34Since the police have blocked the road,
07:38people are trying to see the demolition in large numbers.
07:43I have seen that many people have gathered here since morning.
07:49If you can see on our screen,
07:54it looks like a fair is going on.
07:57The parking area is full.
08:03The media has been gathering since morning.
08:05But as the time is getting closer,
08:10people want to capture that moment in front of their cameras.
08:17That's why people from all over have come here.
08:23In the last few days,
08:25when this area was open for the public,
08:28it became a selfie point.
08:31People want to capture that moment in front of their cameras.
08:41These are the cameras of all the TV channels.
08:46They have taken their place.
08:48They are trying to capture the best possible moment.
08:56Since the time is getting closer,
08:59let's go to that place.
09:01Let's find a place where we can show people what is happening.
09:07We have come to the place where people are waiting for a few seconds.
09:14There are so many people here.
09:16There are cameras of the media.
09:18People from all over have gathered here to capture that moment.
09:22There is a little bit of doubt in people's minds.
09:26This is such a big building.
09:29It will be demolished.
09:32If everything goes according to the plan,
09:35then it's okay.
09:37But if there is a little mistake,
09:39then there is a little doubt in people's minds.
09:43I can say that there is sadness as well.
09:49There is such a big building next to the capital of the country,
09:55which is taller than the Kutub Minar.
09:58It is built under corruption.
10:02Finally, the court decides.
10:04After the court's decision,
10:06the day of demolition comes.
10:08Today is that day.
10:18What happened?
10:20The court has issued the verdict.
10:22The court has announced that the building has been demolished.
10:27It also announced that the people are not allowed to come in.
10:33So what is the reason for this?
10:37Please tell us.
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16:08This is a request from the government to take action on this issue.
16:11David, let's go back to what we were talking about earlier.
16:14We were talking about the fact that the building has been demolished.
16:18The dust will be gone in some time and then we'll be able to pick up the rubble.
16:25But has the story of corruption ended with this demolition of the building?
16:30Like you were pointing out earlier, the people who came here to see the building...
16:33We were talking to some of the people who have been here since morning.
16:37Some of them believe that instead of demolishing the building,
16:44if it had been erected and declared as a monument of corruption,
16:53people would have learned a lot from it.
16:56Because if you look at it now, the building that was demolished a few seconds ago,
17:04it's just a part of history now.
17:06The rubble will be removed and everything will go back to the way it was.
17:12You're absolutely right.
17:14This is a thought process.
17:17What should be done with this building?
17:24So, the Supreme Court decided to demolish the building because of the corruption.
17:32And in the end, it has been demolished.
17:34But is it fair to say that after the demolition of this building,
17:39the rubble has also been removed from the building?
17:48The question is, the rubble will be gone in a few minutes.
17:54The road will be back to normal.
17:57But after that, will the rubble be gone?
18:01Will the questions that arose from the construction of this building be gone?
18:06I think that the people who are watching and the viewers are also asking the same question.
18:11Look, the smoke guns are being used to stop the rubble from coming here.
18:21So that it doesn't go this way.
18:23But it will go to the other side.
18:25It will go to the other side of the society.
18:26What do you say?
18:27Yes, it will definitely go.
18:28We have told you that the construction of this building has been stopped.
18:33The smoke guns have been installed.
18:35And the rest of the rubble has been removed.
18:37But the building that was demolished, the rubble has been removed from the surrounding society.
18:46So, the surrounding society was evacuated as a precautionary measure.
18:54And when people come here, they will have to clean their homes very well to remove the rubble.
19:02So, we will stop this video here.
19:06And we promise the viewers that the building has been demolished and the rubble has been removed to some extent.
19:16We will do more coverage on this in the future.
19:18If there are any other stories in the rubble, then you will get to see them on the bloop.
19:24Thank you very much.