The state government has officially begun a probe into alleged irregularities related to the erstwhile BJP-Sena government's water conservation scheme - Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan. On Tuesday, the Soil and Water Conservation Department appointed an expert committee to select the cases from among several of alleged incidents for an open investigation.

Committee to pick cases
The decision to probe the scheme was taken on October 14. Retired additional chief secretary Vijay Kumar will head the four-member panel. Sitting additional director general of Anti-Corruption Bureau, Water Resources Department chief engineer Sanjay Belsare and Soil Conservation and Watershed Management, director, Pune, are other members.