On April 20, spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar shared pictures of a project launched to clean seven Maharashtrian rivers on Twitter. Irony died a thousand deaths 30 minutes later as Shankar went on a rampage on the micro-blogging site against the National Green Tribunal (NGT). He was possibly less-than-pleased by the NGT’s hearing of the report compiled by its seven-member expert committee on damage to Yamuna floodplain owing to Art of Living’s (AOL) World Culture Festival, organised last year.
Yesterday, on April 27, the NGT issued a contempt notice against Shankar and asked him to respond before May 9 – which is the next date of hearing of the case. However, AOL released a statement saying that they have received no such notice.
