Art of Living’s ‘scientific’ report claims no damage to Yamuna floodplains

A parallel ‘scientific’ report prepared by a team of environmentalists roped in by Art of Living has claimed that no damage was done to the Yamuna floodplains in Delhi in 2016.

On Wednesday, the National Green Tribunal-appointed panel claimed that the three-day event organised by Art of Living had caused extensive damage to the food plains in 2016. The report suggested that it would take at least 10 years and more than Rs42 crores to fix the damage.

“We have submitted a separate scientific report to the green tribunal which says that no damage has been done to the flood plains which could be attributed to the Art of Living event in 2016,” Jaideep Nath, spokesman of Art of Living told HT on Thursday.