Commemorating World Wetlands Day-2022
As part of the World Wetlands Day celebrations, the Department of Zoology conducted a field visit and awareness programme on February 7th 2022 at Asan Wetland CR, the only International Ramsar Site in Uttarakhand. Students from the Departments of Zoology, Agriculture, Forestry, and Biotechnology participated in the visit.
Dr. Beena Joshi Bhatt briefed the students about the wetlands, their importance and birds of Asan CR. Other faculty from other departments discussed the conservation issues phased by the wetland due to anthropogenic activities by the neighboring villagers. The issues of siltation and weed growth were also demonstrated to the students by the faculty. The students actively took part in the “Swachhta Hi Sewa” programme and tried to clean plastic wastes from the wetland. The students enjoyed bird watching and made a bird count of many migratory waterfowls.