Today, it will be a week since a building at Mint Road, Fort collapsed leading to at least 10 deaths. While that itself is a huge tragedy, a report in this paper also focused on residents of the neighbouring building who were evacuated for safety measures. These residents were on the road after the collapse. Safety is a priority, but it also is important that there must be a standard operating procedure in place when it comes to such incidents.

The evacuated residents spent two nights in offices and godowns as they had nowhere to go, and the COVID-19 situation meant no housing society was willing to let them in.