<p>Panaji: The Goa government on Wednesday issued show-cause notices to more than 100 contractors and said government engineers would be held responsible for any accident due to pothole on roads in the coastal state.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who holds the Public Works Department (PWD) portfolio, told reporters that roads in the state would be pothole-free by the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.</p>.<p>Ganesh Chaturthi, one of the most prominent festivals of Goa, would be celebrated next month.</p>.<p>Sawant held a meeting with senior PWD officials to take stock of the road conditions in the state.</p>.<p>The CM said he has instructed senior PWD officials that if there is any accident due to pothole on a road, then the engineer concerned would be held responsible and action would be initiated against him/her.</p>.<p>Show-cause notices have been issued to engineers and more than 100 road contractors, he said.</p>.Stability check of new Kali river bridge ordered after old structure connecting connecting Karwar and Goa collapses.<p>The road contractors will have to fill the potholes on a priority basis and they are supposed to do so as per the "defect liability" clause, he said.</p>.<p>There would be no additional financial burden on the state government to fill these potholes, he said.</p>.<p>All the contractors will be asked to re-do the roads after October, without being paid extra money, the CM said.</p>.<p>"The system will have to be accountable" and that is why the state government is taking several stringent steps for the safety of people, he said.</p>
<p>Panaji: The Goa government on Wednesday issued show-cause notices to more than 100 contractors and said government engineers would be held responsible for any accident due to pothole on roads in the coastal state.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who holds the Public Works Department (PWD) portfolio, told reporters that roads in the state would be pothole-free by the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.</p>.<p>Ganesh Chaturthi, one of the most prominent festivals of Goa, would be celebrated next month.</p>.<p>Sawant held a meeting with senior PWD officials to take stock of the road conditions in the state.</p>.<p>The CM said he has instructed senior PWD officials that if there is any accident due to pothole on a road, then the engineer concerned would be held responsible and action would be initiated against him/her.</p>.<p>Show-cause notices have been issued to engineers and more than 100 road contractors, he said.</p>.Stability check of new Kali river bridge ordered after old structure connecting connecting Karwar and Goa collapses.<p>The road contractors will have to fill the potholes on a priority basis and they are supposed to do so as per the "defect liability" clause, he said.</p>.<p>There would be no additional financial burden on the state government to fill these potholes, he said.</p>.<p>All the contractors will be asked to re-do the roads after October, without being paid extra money, the CM said.</p>.<p>"The system will have to be accountable" and that is why the state government is taking several stringent steps for the safety of people, he said.</p>