New Delhi setting up committee for river link

India says it has already initiated setting up a mechanism to complete a controversial project that involves connecting 30 major rivers and diverting the water of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra.
"Based on a Supreme Court order [of February 27], we have already initiated the process to constitute a committee for interlinking of rivers," Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said in New Delhi last night.
The SC on Wednesday dismissed the federal government's plea seeking a review of its order to implement the ambitious project in a time-bound manner.