Despite the many controversies surrounding AOL’s World Cultural Festival, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has now allowed the three-day cultural extravaganza to be held on the floodplains of the Yamuna.
And to compensate for the ecological damage the event has caused to the area, the tribunal has imposed a paltry fine of Rs 5 crore on the foundation.
The Twitteratti obviously had their opinion, but most of them were taken aback on seeing Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s reaction.
Here’s what Kejriwal tweeted.
Now that NGT has given its verdict, all politics n controversies around AOL event shud be put to rest(1/2)
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) March 9, 2016
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) March 9, 2016
Here’s what people had to say about his opinion.
@ArvindKejriwal Farmers dream dashed, environment damaged and you are citing NGT order! Didn’t expected the lame excuse from you
— Sneha Sneh (@ProudBeingAAP) March 9, 2016
@ArvindKejriwal Money cannot reverse #EnvironmentalDamage You have just done a huge disservice by supporting decimation of #YamunaFloodPlain
— Mona Ambegaonkar (@MonaAmbegaonkar) March 9, 2016
@ArvindKejriwal What do u have to say about farmers who lost land?.Have u forgotten the days when u used to fight for rights of poor people.
— Pritha (@tweetingpritha) March 9, 2016
#NGT What a sham the penalty order is. Pay fine of Rs.5 crore & destroy ecology to the tune of thousands of crores. All the noise a charade.
— PREETI SINGH (@preetitejsingh) March 9, 2016
And then there were those who had other grouses.
Govt didnt just lease d army, it also gave crores
— harinder baweja (@shammybaweja) March 9, 2016
This was probably the only Twitter account which was delighted on hearing the news:
Thank you @IndiaCultureGoI for lending your support to #WCFIndiasPride! 2 days to go for the culture olympics! pic.twitter.com/iQhXm9svjp
— Art of Living (@ArtofLiving) March 9, 2016
