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               Indian Festival Organizer Fined Nearly $1 Million

   by VOA News

   India's National Green Tribunal, the country's top environment court,
   has fined a non-profit organization hundreds of thousands of dollars,
   just hours before the opening of the group's world cultural festival
   being staged on the banks of New Delhi's Yamuna River.

   The $740,000 fine stems from concerns the sprawling construction for
   the festival will irreparably damage the Yamuna's floodplains.

   The Art of Living Foundation, the organizer of the festival, is set to
   pay $37,900 immediately and the rest will be paid over the next three
   weeks.

   A crowd of 3.5 million people is expected to attend the festival, which
   opens Friday.

   Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, one of India's best-known spiritual gurus and the
   leader of the Art of Living, says Prime Minister Narendra Modi will
   attend the three-day event.
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