-Hindustan Times New Delhi: Art of Living may have promised zero environmental degradation because of the three-day World Culture Festival, but the high power consumption for the event will not be without impact. The organisers will be drawing power from diesel generators, which have high emissions because of the type of fuel used. Arrangements have to be made by the organisers on their own as power distribution company, BSES, will not provide power...
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Impending rains pose a risk to rabi harvest -Nikita Mehta & Sayantan Bera
-Livemint.com The rainfall which is expected to hit the states between 11 and 15 March will be caused by an intense western disturbance currently lying over Iran New Delhi: After two back-to-back deficient monsoons and a warm and dry winter, India Meteorological Department has warned of heavy unseasonal rain and hailstorm in 14 Indian states, which could pose as a threat to the Rabi harvest. The rainfall which is expected to hit...
More »Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's event dashes farmer's dreams -Baishali Adak
-India Today Farmers along the Yamuna have claimed that Sri Sri's Art of Living Foundation forcibly acquired land from them for an event at a low compensation. New Delhi: This comes not from areas like Beed or Vidarbha where distressed farmers commit suicide every year, but the National Capital Region itself. While a mega-show has been planned for Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living (AOL) Foundation event in farmland along the...
More »Ill-timed rain deepens farmers' distress
-Business Standard Though their intensity has been less so far and the exact impact on the crop is not yet known It is that time of the year when farmers in north and central India worry incessantly of unseasonal rain and hail. As the weather offices had predicted, these have resurfaced in the last few days. Though their intensity has been less so far and the exact impact on the crop is not...
More »Environmentalists worried as Art of Living event forces birds’ flight -Ritam Halder
-Hindustan Times Preparations for the three-day Art of Living event on the banks of Yamuna have reportedly forced birds to migrate from the area. New Delhi: As the site has been cleared of all bushes and vegetation, species such as larks, pipits, warblers and other rare birds found in this zone are rapidly disappearing because of the destruction of the riverine habitat. The World Culture Festival (WCF) being organised by the Art of...
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