Sri Sri invites all environmentalists to study the case and unveil the truth

Dear Editor,

Please carry this in your publication. It has all the details of the permissions obtained from various agencies for the World Cultural Festival. Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar clarifies

Thanks & regards,

Rajalakshmi

Why did the authorities give permission for WCF if Yamuna was so fragile?

Sri Sri : Invite all honest environmentalists to study the case and
unveil the truth.


The NGT can never get over the blot it has brought on itself by
delaying natural justice to The Art of Living and allowing its own
committee to malign the law-abiding organisation in the media. The Art
of Living had obtained all the necessary permission including the
NGT's. The NGT had the application file for two months and they could
have stopped it in the beginning. It defies all principles of natural
justice that you give permissions and slap a fine for not violating
any rules!

If, at all, any fine has to be levied, it should be levied on the
Central and State Governments and the NGT, itself, for giving the
permission. If the Yamuna was so fragile and pure, they should have
stopped the World Culture Festival at the very beginning. A historic
program, deserving of applause and appreciation, is unjustly projected
as a crime! Witnessed by 1.8 billion people all over the world and a
massive turnout on the ground, a floating stage of 7 acres without any
foundation (a marvel in itself!), the event polluted neither air,
water nor land. The world over, cultural programs are held on
riverbanks.

The whole idea was to bring awareness to save the river. The Art of
Living, that has rejuvenated 27 rivers, planted 71 million trees,
revived several ponds is being projected as destroying a dead river.
What a joke! The silence of the so-called experts, on the debris being
dumped there and permanent structures coming around, exposes their
malafide intentions.
Over and above this, the closeness of the petitioner to the committee
raises serious questions for which The Art of Living has filed a bias
application, which is pending.

The saviors are called destroyers and the giver of justice is
penalising the honest! Thanks to technology, all allegations against
The Art of Living stand disproved by the data available on Google maps
since the last 10 years.

I invite all honest environmentalists to study the case and unveil the truth.

 ~ Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

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Warm Regards,
Rajalakshmi
Art of Living Bureau of Communication
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