panaji chief minister pramod sawant on wednesday called for an audit of the states roads during a meeting with officials of the transport public works police and health departments the meeting was called to discuss measures to curb rising road accidents in the state in 2022 251 people were killed in accidents in goa the chief minister saida causeandanalysis study will also be carried out and the traffic sentinel scheme will also be reviewed said sawantthe transport department has a shortage of manpower and they have been told to expedite the recruitment process electronic enforcement or feed from cctv surveillance cameras will be used to issue challans shortly the sentinel scheme will be reviewed an official saidexpressing concern over the rising incidents of road accidents and fatalities the chief minister said that strict action is needed to bring these numbers downduring the review of the work of each stakeholder department a presentation was made explaining the data on road accidents it was observed that the majority of accidents have occurred on village roads and major district roads mdr directions were issued to carry out a causeandanalysis study of the accidents and implement shortterm and longterm measures on priority said the cmothe pwd principal chief engineer said that 10 of the estimated cost of road works is assigned to road safety aspects like the erection of signboards and barricades however sawant said that the work of carrying out an audit of state highways village roads and mdrs needs to be expeditedmeanwhile the health department said that there was need for trauma care or icus at both the district hospitals with technical staff besides four highway ambulances to improve emergency response to save lives of accident victimsthe department has been directed to initiate a proposal for the same the education department shall engage physical education teachers for road safety training drunk driving shall be dealt with in a strict and intensive manner discussions regarding time restrictions on identified locations due to the heavy vehicles were also held during the meeting said the cmo