Goa, May 26 -- Following the partial collapse of a slab at the old Bank of Baroda building in Margao on Friday afternoon, Margao MLA Digambar Kamat swiftly directed authorities to engage the Goa College of Engineering for a structural stability test. However, the incident has reignited long-standing concerns over the inaction surrounding several aging and unsafe buildings in Goa's commercial capital.

Critics question whether another structural assessment will make any difference, especially when past warnings have gone unheeded. A case in point: a building declared structurally unsafe by the Goa College of Engineering in 2018 remains standing to this day-despite orders from the South Goa District Disaster Management Authority to demolish...