Vadodara Beat

Good wishes
City cricketers, including Dattaji Gaekwad and Kiran More, added their good wishes to the book being compiled by Emirates Airlines for the Indian World Cup cricket team at Hotel Welcomgroup on Tuesday. Kapil Dev will present the good-luck book to Azharuddin in Mumbai on April 18.

Fire-fighting Day
Fire-fighting skills will be displayed at the Polo Ground on Wednesday to mark Fire-Fighting Day. Mayor Bharti Vyas will preside over the function, which begins at 6 pm.

Statue garlanding
Dalit leader and general secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party8217;s slum cell will garland the Mehtawadi, Nagarwada, statue of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar on Wednesday, his birth anniversary, at 7.30 am.

AGM today
The Annual General Board meeting of the Dakshin Baroda Sanskriti Parishad will be held on Wednesday at 7 pm at Sapna Hall, opp ONGC Colony, Makarpura.

Water supply
People drawing water from the Akota tank will receive the evening supply late on Thursday as the VMC will be working to lay a sluice valve near Shrenik Park Society in Akota.

Alumni meeting
Baroda Medical College alumni will meet at Baroda Nursing Home, Anandpura, at 4 pm on April 17 to discuss the international conference to be organised by the BMC Alumni Association in December.