<h1>Contractor extended liability requires multi-year maintenance and third-party audits, with fund recovery and blacklisting for deficiencies.</h1> The government issued tenders to strengthen rural roads with an emphasis on enhanced contractor liability: contractors must perform ongoing maintenance for a multi-year period and are subject to independent third-party audits; audit findings may lead to financial recovery and blacklisting, and accountability measures will apply to overseeing government officials as part of the public procurement and project-implementation framework.