Mock drill
The Kakrapar Atomic Power Station held a two-day `off sight' emergency drill to educate the local people what they should do in case of any eventuality in the plant. While District Collector R M Shah inaugurated the mock drill, Station Director, spoke at a seminar on `Nuclear Radiation.' Among others, DCP Vaghela, Assistant Collector Mukesh Kumar attended the drill.

Entry banned
DCP P I Bunet has banned entry near Umara village (survey no 94, 95, 96 and 98) in Choryasi taluka, as armed police are to conduct a 22-day firing test, beginning November 9. While the test would be held from 6 am to 6 pm, fishermen have also been asked not to venture into the Tapi for fishing.

Training given
The Farmers Training Centre, under a programme `Training Women in Agriculture,' trained 15,588 women farmers in agriculture. The participants were apprised of low-cost technology in agriculture and animal husbandry, among other things.

Excise strike
Vadodara: Group B and C officers of the Central Excise and Customs as well as Income Tax Departments will observe a three-day strike all over the country on November 10, 11 and 12 to press for their demand of pay-parity with their counterparts in Central Bureau of Investigation and Railways. The anomalies in their pay scales have been created following Fifth Pay Commission's recommendations, which fixed scales of Group B and C officers in Excise and IT departments much below that that of officers of the same rank in other central government departments.

Drawing contest
A three-day programme to mark Children's day will be organised by the Baroda Citizens Council beginning November 12. A drawing contest will be held on November 12 at the Planetarium, a rally will be organised from Race Course to Kamatibaug on November 13, and a `bal march' will be held at the Gandhi Nagar Gruh on November 14.