Goa, Aug. 7 -- SHASHWAT GUPTA RAY

Despite years of Smart City works cost ing hundreds of crores and repeated assuranc es of improved urban infrastructure, Panjim continues to be Goa's most flood-prone ur ban centre, exposing the limited impact of expen sive redevelopment pro jects on one of the city's most persistent civic problems. A new study by the Government of Goa's College of Multidisciplinary Studies and Re search (CMSR), Margao, which analysed 46 rainfall-induced ca lamities recorded across the State between 2017 and 2024, found that Panjim and its adjoining com mercial areas - including Patto, St Inez and 18th June Road - remain the most vulnerable to monsoon flooding.

The findings come close on the heels of Sunday's flooding, ...