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.
Wetlands are nature’s “kidneys” that “purify the system”, said Rahul Kaul, Chief Ecologist with the Noida-based nature conservation non-profit Wildlife Trust of India. “Certain wetlands, like the ones in Kashmir, have a regulatory role — they control floods. They absorb water when the levels are high, release it in times of drought”.
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