AHMEDABAD: Despite a slew of representations challenging simultaneous get entry to to swimming pools for women and men, there was little trade to the policy of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) in this regard. Of the 14 pools run via the AMC, just one, at Sardar Patel Stadium, simultaneous get entry to to women and men from 6am to 9am and 6pm to 7.15pm, in step with the mayor, Bijal Patel.
Come summer time swimming turns into the preferred way of beating the warmth, relaxing and getting workout. For operating women folk, then again, maximum pools in Ahmedabad remain inaccessible.
“Not everyone lives in a residential society that has a pool. Not everyone can find the money for the exorbitant club charges of metropolis golf equipment. Finding a pool to swim in is a problem for operating women folk within the metropolis, because the timings for women-only batches are usually within the afternoon, from 1pm to 4.45pm,” mentioned Foram Patel, a city-based professional.
The AMC had introduced separate batches for women two years in the past at all its swimming pools however the venture didn’t get past the pilot stage. “When AMC introduced special swimming batches for women within the evenings, I used to go to the pool in Maninagar. That lasted for simply two months, after get entry to for women within the night time was once discontinued. I’ve not been in a position to swim ever since,” mentioned Anusha Srinivasan, a certified.
Despite women folk being keen to make use of group pools similtaneously men, the civic frame’s insurance policies are inflexible. “In the past, I checked whether AMC-run pools would allow me to swim within the morning, a slot reserved for men. It isn't handy for me at every other time. My proposal was once refused up front. I used to be told timings for women and men are supposed to be separate. If maximum golf equipment women and men of their pools in combination, why can’t the AMC do soat all its pools instead of just one,” mentioned Esha Shah, a company teacher.
On whether the AMC plans to allow simultaneous get entry to for women and men at other pools, Bijal Patel mentioned, “I have won representations from women folk and we started the apply on the pool at Sardar Patel Stadium. The number of women folk coming in isn't so high at this level however depending at the reaction, we can consider the right way to put in force it at other pools.”
Come summer time swimming turns into the preferred way of beating the warmth, relaxing and getting workout. For operating women folk, then again, maximum pools in Ahmedabad remain inaccessible.
“Not everyone lives in a residential society that has a pool. Not everyone can find the money for the exorbitant club charges of metropolis golf equipment. Finding a pool to swim in is a problem for operating women folk within the metropolis, because the timings for women-only batches are usually within the afternoon, from 1pm to 4.45pm,” mentioned Foram Patel, a city-based professional.
The AMC had introduced separate batches for women two years in the past at all its swimming pools however the venture didn’t get past the pilot stage. “When AMC introduced special swimming batches for women within the evenings, I used to go to the pool in Maninagar. That lasted for simply two months, after get entry to for women within the night time was once discontinued. I’ve not been in a position to swim ever since,” mentioned Anusha Srinivasan, a certified.
Despite women folk being keen to make use of group pools similtaneously men, the civic frame’s insurance policies are inflexible. “In the past, I checked whether AMC-run pools would allow me to swim within the morning, a slot reserved for men. It isn't handy for me at every other time. My proposal was once refused up front. I used to be told timings for women and men are supposed to be separate. If maximum golf equipment women and men of their pools in combination, why can’t the AMC do soat all its pools instead of just one,” mentioned Esha Shah, a company teacher.
On whether the AMC plans to allow simultaneous get entry to for women and men at other pools, Bijal Patel mentioned, “I have won representations from women folk and we started the apply on the pool at Sardar Patel Stadium. The number of women folk coming in isn't so high at this level however depending at the reaction, we can consider the right way to put in force it at other pools.”
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March 24, 2019
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