472 NEWS AND NOTES World Wetlands Day – Atul Aditya Pandey, Geological Society of Patna Science College, Patna University The Geological Society of Patna panel of judges consisting of retired officers in detail. Sudarshan Sahu, Scientist from Science College commemorated “World of GSI namely Shri N. Dayal, Shri CGWB dealt on the “ground water – wet- Wetlands Day” by organizing two days of P.K.Sinha and Shri Binod Kumar. A quiz land interactive system in the gangetic plain. function at the Geology Department, Patna was conducted in the afternoon session. The Gopal Sharma, Scientist, Zoological Survey University. On day one, an exhibition of questions related to the limnology. of India presented a slide show on some of models/charts/posters prepared by the On the concluding day, three presenta- the well known wetlands of the state of students of Patna Science College was tions were made for creating awareness on Bihar – viz. Kabar lake of Begusarai dist., inaugurated by the Principal of the college the Wetlands of the Ganga plains. Atul Baraila lake of Vaishali dist., Kusheshwar U.K.S inha. Around 50 models and charts Aditya Pandey, Associate Professor in the sthan of Darbhanga dist. and Gogabeel of were showcased by the students depicting department of geology presented a historical Katihar dist. various dimensions of wetlands in general account of the Ramsar Convention. The The valedictory session was chaired by and status of riverine wetlands of north significance of the wetlands in maintaining Anil Kumar Sinha,Vice Chairman Bihar Bihar plains in particular. Few models were the ecology of the region and threats State Disaster Management Authority who also exhibited on other aspects of geological looming large due to pace of developmental gave away prizes to the winners of the Essay, science. The models were evaluated by activities in the Ganga plain were elaborated Quiz and Model exhibition competitions. JOUR.GEOL.SOC.INDIA, VOL.83, APRIL 2014.