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PANAJI: Public works department minister Ramkrishna ‘Sudin’ Dhavalikar on Monday said the work of laying new layer of asphalt on roads across the state will begin by November 15. The only thing we can do now is to seize the security and performance guarantee of the contractor. But this rainfall proves problematic for us in certain cases — our roads... Chogm Road was dug by water resources department to lay pipelines to connect the Porvorim water treatment plant. In areas where there is incessant rainfall, the road is bound to be damaged,” Dhavalikar said,The minister said there is a maintenance period clause of three years for contractors, when it comes to road works..