MARGAO, May 23 -- Team Herald

In a chilling repeat of events from two years ago, a portion of the same crumbling building at Pimpal Katta in Margao's Gandhi Market collapsed on Friday afternoon, damaging three parked vehicles and reigniting fears over public safety in the town's busy commercial hub.

This is the second such incident at the site. In 2022, rubble from the same building had crashed down, injuring a woman and damaging a car. At that time, the Margao Municipal Council (MMC) had issued a notice to the owner, Allen Dias, directing him to take immediate safety measures and submit a stability report. Two years later, those warnings appear to have gone unheeded.

While no injuries were reported in Friday's collapse, the incident h...