The National Green Tribunal will today resume its hearing on pleas seeking cancellation of World Culture Festival to be hosted on the Yamuna flood plains in Delhi from March 11 to 13th. The event will be organized by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living foundation.<br/><br/>A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar will hear the matter today. Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Uttar Pradesh and Delhi governments will make their submissions with regard to grant of permission to the festival.<br/><br/>On March 3rd, DDA had submitted that it had granted conditional permission for organising the event. However, DDA had told the NGT bench that it had no idea about the magnitude of the programme. <br/><br/>Meanwhile, Rashtrapati Bhavan has confirmed that President Pranab Mukherjee will not attend this event due to unavoidable circumstances. Mr. Mukherjee had earlier agreed to attend the valedictory ceremony of the Festival.

The National Green Tribunal will today resume its hearing on pleas seeking cancellation of World Culture Festival to be hosted on the Yamuna flood plains in Delhi from March 11 to 13th. The event will be organized by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living foundation.<br/><br/>A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar will hear the matter today. Delhi Development Authority (DDA), Uttar Pradesh and Delhi governments will make their submissions with regard to grant of permission to the festival.<br/><br/>On March 3rd, DDA had submitted that it had granted conditional permission for organising the event. However, DDA had told the NGT bench that it had no idea about the magnitude of the programme.<br/><br/>Earlier, the green panel had issued notices to the Delhi government, DDA and Art of Living Foundation on another plea seeking stoppage of construction on Yamuna flood plains.