LUCKNOW, Dec. 5 -- A rock garden was inaugurated on the Aliganj campus of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) on Friday. Several old rocks, fossils have been kept on display for students and those interested. This was done as a part of the ongoing year-long commemoration of the 175th Anniversary of the Geological Survey of India.

Additional director general (ADG) and head of the department, GSI (northern region), Rajinder Kumar, along with VP Gaur, deputy director general and head of state unit, GSI (UP) and Sanjeev Kumar jointly inaugurated the rock garden.

As part of the year-long commemoration of the 175th Anniversary of the GSI, a day-long national symposium on "Cryosphere Response to Climate Change: A Himalayan and Polar Perspecti...