New Delhi, Nov 3 (PTI) The government was today asked by the Supreme Court to expeditiously convey its stand on a report of an expert body which allegedly has doubted the feasibility of the controversial Sethusamudram project.

The apex court said the Centre's response to the report of the National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) was necessary as it had reserved the verdict on July 30, 2008 asking the expert committee headed by environmentalist R K Pachauri to examine the feasibility of pushing the project through an alternative route instead of Rama Setu.

"You state what is the report. What would be your stand as the report is with you and you have to take some decision," a Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and justices R V Raveendran and J M Panchal said.