You will pay fine, court tells Sri Sri's Art of Living in strong order

May 31, 2016

New Delhi, May 31: For its massive festival held on the banks of the River Yamuna in Delhi, the Art of Living, led by spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, must pay nearly five crores as a fine, the country's top environment court said today, offering strong criticism of the organization.

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The Art of Living had been allowed to go ahead with the three-day "World Culture Festival" on the banks of the River Yamuna on the condition that it would pay a five-crore penalty for damage to the area's delicate ecosystem. Hundreds of thousands of devotees attended the event which included what was billed as the world's largest stage, spreading over seven acres.

The organizers paid Rs. 25 lakhs at the time, and said the rest would be given later. They then asked that the 4.75 crores that they owed be treated as a bank guarantee and that it should apply towards creating a biodiversity park in the area. The Art of Living "used the order of the court to hold the event and then went back on its commitment," the National Green Tribunal said today, adding that the organizes have tried multiple legal cases "in order not to pay the fine" as a result of which the "conduct of the foundation has been called into question."

Environmentalists had accused organizers of ripping up vegetation and ruining the river's fragile ecosystem by damaging its bed and disrupting water flows. Sri Sri, 60, had said he should be given an award for organizing the event. His organization said today that "we left the site in better condition than we found it" and that it is likely to take its case to the Supreme Court.

The opening of the event was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, though President Pranab Mukherjee dropped out after the controversy over environmental clearances erupted.

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suresh
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Tuesday, 31 May 2016

Dear Yogesh wake up May be you are still in dream. What is the connection between the namaz and divorce with the environmental issue created by AOL? Do you know how much damage they have done to our ecological system? Regarding three word of divorce, did it effect the ecological environment?. I think you have health issue which should be addressed first for better understand of our environmental issue. And instead of searching issue in other religion better let us solve the issues in our own religion.

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The Lokayukta team found unaccounted money and several files, which were not disposed of for a long period.

Lokayukta SP CA Simon said that the Lokayukta has received complaints that middlemen have been interfering in the MUDA office, and files pertaining to the public are not being cleared on time.

A raid that commenced in the evening on March 13, lasted for 18 hours. During the raid, Lokayukta officials found cash in a bag in MUDA office, and also with officials and others. MUDA officials could not inform the source of money found in their office, the SP said.

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