At least 46 people were killed in a deadly fire at the Bailey Road, one of the cultural hubs of Dhaka, on leap-year day. The tragedy shook the nation to its core.

But in the era of social media excitement, the mass agony waned soon. It was learnt that the tragedy occurred, as many other similar incidents in Bangladesh, due to structural faults. The authority overlooked the building codes and lack of safety measurements. The building did not have proper fire exit and other facilities to face the calamities. Like many other previous incidents, it was a structural killing.

And the following incidents are just déjà vu. We have seen the recurrent measures time and again. Be it about the fire in Chawk Bazar, Nimtoli or Narayanganj and other incidents where structural killings occurred. Tragic catastrophes ensued due to unauthorised chemical godown in residential areas, illegal electric connections, pipe leakage for years and so on.

Every single time the authority, which itself is one of the culprits, shows some haphazard public actions. Some businesses are shut indiscriminately; public hullaballoo is being created.

Rather than making any real change, the people in the administration take advantage of the situation. It is seen every time that they harass the business people, legal and illegal ones, and take bribes to allow the system to run as it is.

The same is being observed after the Baily Road incident. Many restaurants are demolished and locked by the authorities. But the real culprits are hardly captured. More importantly, no real measurement is being taken.

From the previous situations it is understood people will soon forget and the bribe-mongering authority will allow the restaurant owners to be back before the Eid.

The matter will be closed before the next mayhem and the cycle will go on.

The Boxer: The author is one of the indefatigable working-class Bangladeshis who have been trying to change the fate of the nation but were betrayed by the ruling elites and autocrats. The name is inspired by a character in George Orwell's 1945 novel Animal Farm.