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NGT clears AOL event on Yamuna riverbed, slaps Rs 5 crore fine
Updated On: 09 March, 2016 06:23 PM IST | | Agencies
<p><span>Notwithstanding raging </span><span>controversies, the National Green Tribunal has cleared the </span><span>decks for the three-day cultural extravaganza of Art of Living </span><span>on the flood plains of Yamuna river from Friday but imposed a </span><span>fine of Rs 5 crores on it as environmental compensation</span></p>
New Delhi: After posing tough questions, the tribunal also slapped fine of Rs five lakh on DDA and Rs one lakh on Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) for not discharging statutory functions.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, asked AOL, headed by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar to deposit Rs five crores as environmental compensation before the event begins on March 11.
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