Noida: Ceyane likely to be fully charged today

NOIDA: The charging process of one of the two towers at Emerald Court — Ceyane — is likely to be completed by Wednesday, with officials saying that only two floors are left to be fitted with explosives.
When the charging process began on Saturday, officials of Edifice Engineering — the company that will bring down the twin towers — had planned to carry out the exercise in every alternate floor of both the buildings.But as the work progressed, they decided to complete charging Ceyane first as it is shorter than Apex in height.
“From the top, we have reached the second floor of Ceyane, which has fewer storeys than Apex. Floor numbers 28, 24, 20, 16, 12, 8 and 4 are the secondary blast floors that have already been covered. The primary blast floors charged till now are 26, 22, 18, 14, 10 and 6,” said Mayur Mehta, the project manager at Edifice.
Mehta said the charging process at Apex was stopped after Saturday, when the team covered the 30, 28 and 26 floors of the taller building. “Earlier, the plan was to charge every alternate floor in both the towers. But later, the team decided to complete the work at Ceyane first. As of Tuesday evening, only two floors are left to be fitted with explosives at Ceyane. We will complete that on Wednesday. After that, our focus will shift entirely on Apex,” he added.
Ceyane, which has two floors fewer than Apex, has around 60 columns on each storey. In comparison, Apex has 110 columns on each floor.
Edifice officials said that the intermediary iron walkway, which connects the two towers, would not be removed but brought down one floor at a time after they are charged. After the demolition, it would be extracted from the debris and the iron sold in the scrap market. Selling whatever material can be salvaged from the rubble is one of the modes of revenue for Edifice.
Although Edifice has time till August 25, the Mumbai-based firm hopes to complete the charging process before that. A full-dress rehearsal involving the police, the fire department and other quick response teams is also being planned in the run up to the demolition date, which will depend on the preparations. While Edifice hopes to bring down the two towers on August 28, it has a seven-day window granted by the Supreme Court.
A meeting to take stock of the preparations is also scheduled later this week, officials said.