With his Art of Living Foundation (AoL) yet to pay the major chunk of “environment compensation” for its cultural fest on the Yamuna floodplains, spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravi Shankar was on Thursday slapped with a contempt suit for “alleged disrespect shown by him to the orders of National Green Tribunal (NGT)”.

The Art of Living (AoL), headed by spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, said today via its lawyer Akshama Nath it was committed to setting up a bio-diversity park at the Yamuna floodplain. “We are working with environmental experts as per the directions of the (National Green Tribunal, NGT) to set...