Conservationists fear birds killed in Noida twin towers' demolition

As the illegally built Supertech twin towers came crashing down in Noida Sector 93 A at 230 pm on Sunday everyone seemed ready for the moment but not the birds in the areaA PTI video showed a flock of birds including crows and pigeons taking flight as soon as 3700 kilos of explosives bored into the pillars and walls of the two towers went off with clouds of dust chasing themConservationists said some birds may have even died in the demolitionSanjay Mahapatra the founder of House of Stray Animals said the NGO had requested authorities to conduct a dummy blast or false firing before the final implosion to save the large number of birds in the areaAlso Read Twin towers demolition Supertech says it lost Rs 500 crSeveral birds might have died We have been working to save the animals in the area since August 8 We cannot cage the birds and hence had made the request for a false firing We are already at the demolition site and checking the area thoroughly We can only hope that no voiceless life has been lost he saidReacting to the video several Twitter users expressed concern over the plight of the birdsI am looking at the birds who would have got suffocated in the dust clouds I am sure no one thought about scaring them away before demolition a Twitter user saidSupertech twin towers in Noida being demolished a year after Supreme Courts direction to raze the illegally built structures Video by Rajesh Mahapatra pictwittercomOgTYn1NVXFmdash Press Trust of India PTI_News August 28 2022Another Twitter user Fahad said authorities could have burst firecrackers to scare away the birdsDivakar Mishra said action should be taken against those who tamper with nature What was the fault of these birds he askedHow scary it must have been for everyone including the birds another user saidA series of controlled explosions reduced the 100metre tall Supertech twin towers to a massive pile of rubbleAs the buildings went down a cloud of dust rose obscuring their very final momentsApex 32 storeys and Ceyane 29 storeys were gone in seconds in the carefully choreographed and meticulously executed demolition the biggest such exercise in the country so farAbout 5000 people from the adjoining Emerald Court and ATS Village societies had left their homes hours before the demolition Nearly 3000 vehicles and about 200 pets were also taken out of harms way for the next several hoursThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever