• Noida demolition: Realtor says, "no deviation" from building plan, but towers will be razed as per Supreme Court orders, reports ndtv.com
• A special dust machine has been installed to monitor the dust and pollution levels after the Supertech twin towers in Noida are demolished today by an explosion using thousands of kilograms of explosives, reports ndtv.com
• Around 500 police, traffic personnel deployed in Noida ahead of twin towers demolition: PTI
• Explosion is expected to trigger vibrations in a 30-metre radius for a few seconds, reports ndtv.com
• The collapse will last for nine seconds, according to the project engineer. It will take about 12 minutes for the dust to settle, depending on the wind speed, reports ndtv.com
• Over 3,700 kg of explosives will be used for the demolition, that will be undertaken through a controlled implosion technique. It will leave behind a whopping 55,000 tonnes of debris to be managed. Explosives have been inserted into nearly 7,000 holes in the pillars. 20,000 circuits have been set, according to media reports.

The evacuation of around 5,000 resident of the two housing societies near the soon-to-be-demolished twin towers of Supretech here has been completed, officials said Sunday morning.

The evacuation of residents of Emerald Court and ATS Village societies was scheduled to be completed by 7 am but took a little longer, police officials said.

The supply of cooking gas and power has also been discontinued in the two societies in Sector 93A in view of the implosion planned at 2.30 pm on Sunday, an official overseeing the evacuation exercise said.

"The evacuation has been completed. The cooking gas and electricity supplies have been discontinued. They will be resumed after security clearance post demolition later," a police officer told PTI .

Besides the residents, their vehicles and pets have also been moved out, the official added.

However, private security and some representatives of residents' group will stay within the societies till around 1 pm after which both premises would be totally vacant, the officer said.

The demolition of the two illegally built towers is scheduled for 2.30 pm.