Kendrapara scientist led demolition of Noida twin towers
3 min readBy Express News Service
KENDRAPARA: The demolition of the tallest twin towers in Noida by implosion method had an Odisha contact. Chief scientist and professor on the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) Debi Prasanna Kanungo (55) from Kendrapara performed a significant position within the demolition because the group chief, Geo-Hazard Risk Reduction Group (GHRR), Planning & Business Development Group (PBD) of CSIR-Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) Roorkee.
Speaking to TNIE over telephone from Roorkee, Kanungo mentioned, “The Allahabad High Court had, in April 2014, ordered the demolition of the twin towers on a plea filed by the Emerald Court Apartment Owners’ Association. The Supreme Court in its order in August 2021 directed CBRI to execute the demolition work under its overall supervision and expert guidance on May 22, 2022. I on behalf of CBRI appeared before the apex court and urged to defer the demolition to August 2022 as the preparatory work for the demolition was under progress. The court, considering our opinion, deferred the demolition work to August 28.”
The court docket additionally allowed a buffer interval of 1 week (August 29 to September 4) to handle any marginal delay resulting from climate and technical causes. “On a war footing, we scanned many demolition companies across the globe and selected Mumbai-based Edifice Engineering which also took help of Jet Demolition company of South Africa,” he acknowledged. The demolition was profitable and it took 9-10 seconds for your complete constructing to crash, added Kanungo.
After finishing BSc in Geology from Dharanidhar College, Keonjhar, he went on to pursue M Tech in Applied Geology from IIT, Roorkee and PhD on Disaster Management. Since 1994 he has been working as a scientist in CBRI.
KENDRAPARA: The demolition of the tallest twin towers in Noida by implosion method had an Odisha contact. Chief scientist and professor on the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) Debi Prasanna Kanungo (55) from Kendrapara performed a significant position within the demolition because the group chief, Geo-Hazard Risk Reduction Group (GHRR), Planning & Business Development Group (PBD) of CSIR-Central Building Research Institute (CBRI) Roorkee.
Speaking to TNIE over telephone from Roorkee, Kanungo mentioned, “The Allahabad High Court had, in April 2014, ordered the demolition of the twin towers on a plea filed by the Emerald Court Apartment Owners’ Association. The Supreme Court in its order in August 2021 directed CBRI to execute the demolition work under its overall supervision and expert guidance on May 22, 2022. I on behalf of CBRI appeared before the apex court and urged to defer the demolition to August 2022 as the preparatory work for the demolition was under progress. The court, considering our opinion, deferred the demolition work to August 28.”
The court docket additionally allowed a buffer interval of 1 week (August 29 to September 4) to handle any marginal delay resulting from climate and technical causes. “On a war footing, we scanned many demolition companies across the globe and selected Mumbai-based Edifice Engineering which also took help of Jet Demolition company of South Africa,” he acknowledged. The demolition was profitable and it took 9-10 seconds for your complete constructing to crash, added Kanungo.
After finishing BSc in Geology from Dharanidhar College, Keonjhar, he went on to pursue M Tech in Applied Geology from IIT, Roorkee and PhD on Disaster Management. Since 1994 he has been working as a scientist in CBRI.
