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Kid friendly GHMC eases playground charges
With a vision to encourage sports, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is planning to give playgrounds on hire for schools charging only Rs 5000 for a month. The GHMC is also contemplating to give its grounds on hire to citizens or associations which can use the playground for at least two hours on daily basis.
Hyderabad: With a vision to encourage sports, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) is planning to give playgrounds on hire for schools charging only Rs 5000 for a month. The GHMC is also contemplating to give its grounds on hire to citizens or associations which can use the playground for at least two hours on daily basis.
There are as many as 521 playgrounds in the GHMC limits. Of them, 158 playgrounds are of less than 500 sq mts. Such playgrounds would be charged at the rate of Rs 250 per hour per month.
About 124 playgrounds with an area of about 500 sq mts to 1,000 sq mts would be charged Rs 500. There are 97 playgrounds, whose area is of 1,000 sq mts to 2,000 sq mts and the rental for these playgrounds would be Rs 800.
There 89 playgrounds with 2,000 to 4,000 sq mts and they would be given for Rs 1,200 per hour. About 90 play grounds which have more than 4,000 sq mts area would be charged Rs 1,500.
A senior GHMC official told The Hans India that the current charges have turned as major burden to the citizens. He said the rates have been revised in order to facilitate school children and make them involve in physical activities for at least two hours a day.
He said that about 90 per cent of the schools in the city have no playgrounds. He said that the interested schools and citizens can book the playground by logging on to the GHMC official website www.ghmc.gov.in.
