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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Problem in protecting India's wetlands: Technically, there aren't any to protect

Problem in protecting India's wetlands: Technically, there aren't any to protect

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published Published on Aug 17, 2017   modified Modified on Aug 17, 2017
-The Indian Express

Art of Living argument in NGT is hinged on a catch: wetlands get their identity only through notification by govt under Rules. The Rules have been around since 2010, but not one wetland has been notified yet.

Last week, during the hearing of the case against Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living (AoL) Foundation at the National Green Tribunal (NGT), counsel for AoL brought up the concept of wetlands in India.

“The report repeatedly uses the expression ‘wetlands’,” he said to a Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar. “In fact, there are no wetlands. The Ramsar Convention does not enlist this (the Yamuna floodplains) as a wetland and it cannot be termed as such under law.”

AoL faces accusations of ravaging the Yamuna floodplains in Delhi, where it organised a World Culture Festival over three days in March 2016. In a 31-page report submitted in April 2017, a seven-member panel of experts appointed by the NGT to assess the damage referred, on at least 10 separate occasions, to the “wetlands” on the floodplains.

AoL’s argument is not isolated. The NGT is currently hearing 18 other cases in which “wetlands” are the centre of contention.

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The Indian Express, 17 August, 2017, http://indianexpress.com/article/explained/problem-in-protecting-indias-wetlands-technically-there-arent-any-to-protect-art-of-living-sri-sri-ravi-shankar-ngt-4799


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