Families near Indian skyscraper demolition site

Thousands of people were ordered to vacate their apartments on the outskirts of India’s capital New Delhi for about 10 hours on Sunday, before the demolition of two illegally constructed skyscrapers.
Scores of police and emergency personnel were deployed for the operation, expected to take nine to 15 seconds, on the 103-metre (338-feet) tall towers, which have 850 unoccupied apartments.
Traffic was diverted around the Apex and Ceyane towers on the edge of a busy highway linking India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, to the capital.
The Supreme Court last year ordered the demolition of the towers in the Noida area after a long legal battle found they violated multiple building regulations and fire safety norms.