Pawar Public School Chandivali EUMIND: REGIONS 11 ARTICLE 2 TOPIC: FACILITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE GROUP NAME: THE ENLIGHTENERS By- Saahil Kapoor Amira Sahib Tanishq Aujla Ritik Sharma Faizan Shaikh
2. OUR REGION: POWAI Powai, located in the heart of northern
Mumbai, is one of the fastest growing suburbs of Mumbai. It has
every facility imaginable for any young individual.
3. GROUP MEMBERS
4. HOW EXPENSIVE ARE THE FACILITIES AND ARE THEY AFFORDABLE?
There are no facilities as such that are free to be used in our
region Powai. There are clubs in and around our area which require
an annual fee to be paid to use the facilities throughout the year
without paying anything extra. The recreational game centers and
alleys are charged for, depending on our usage. But there are
gardens which can be used free of cost. Since our region is a very
posh and rich area, the prices of the facilities do not affect the
peoples usage, but if talked about in general, then they do burn a
hole in ones pocket. The prices range from Rs.200 (approx. 2.583
Euros) to Rs.2000 ( approx. 25.83 Euros)
5. ARE ANY FACILITIES USED BY OUR CLASSMATES AND HOW OFTEN ARE
THEY USED? Yes, after conducting a general survey we found out that
most of our classmates used these facilities on a weekly basis.
Most of the facilities used were the local club houses and football
grounds.
6. ARE THERE ENOUGH FACILITIES IN OUR REGION FOR ALL AGE
GROUPS? Yes, theres everything from Government run schools,
affordable hospitals, places of worship, free-to-use gardens to
expensive- to- use paintball alleys, high-end hospitals, private
schools and go-cart race tracks, there is a wide variety of
facilities available for all age groups in Powai. Theres everything
a young person( within the age of 6-22 yrs) would want as a
facility and use in their day-to-day lives. All the facilities are
almost at a walking distance from most of the residential complexes
and are also user friendly.
7. ARE THESE FACILITIES MISUSED? No, the facilities are not
misused mostly because the crowd in our area is well familiar with
expensive and delicate but useable equipment. Therefore breakages
and damages to the facilities rarely occur. However there have been
cases of robberies reported causing damage to the facilities and
affecting us indirectly.
8. To conduct the survey, the interviewer of our group had
interviewed quite a few young people from various backgrounds and
the managers of some facilities. Some excerpts from those
interviews of the following people follow this slide: 1. A regular
gym user / enthusiast. 2. The manager of Forest Club, a reputed
local club.
9. INTERVIEWS (we were unable to get any videos of our
interviews as we didnt get the required permissions for it) Here
are some excerpts from the interviews conducted by us- Name-
Shreyas Khan Age-19 years Residence- Avlon Location of interview-
Golds gym Q. Do you enjoy and utilize all the available facilities
in our area? A. yes.
10. Q. What are the various facilities you utilize? A. I enjoy
using the Hakone game center with my friends at least once a week.
I also have my evening coffee at the local Starbucks and then enjoy
my evening swim at the forest club. Then I come here to Golds Gym
for my daily workout. Q. Are you satisfied with the services and
staff of the facilities? A. Yes, but there is a lack of value for
money. Also the staff is either under qualified or overqualified
for that particular job. I am yet to find the perfect staff person,
majorly lower down in the employee hierarchy!
11. Manager- Forest Club Location- Olympia Q. Hows business and
hows everything going? A. Everythings going as usual but the number
of people enrolling for our membership to try out new facilities is
increasing. There are more and more people coming on a daily basis.
Its booming!!! Q. Why are the prices so high and still increasing?
A. Well we are helpless! We understand that we have drastically
increased our membership prices but its logical. We need to take
inflation, salary of the staff, land/property prices and updating
of the equipment and functions into consideration. ..(contd.)
12. ..(contd.) We need money for all of these. And as the
number of people increase, we need to increase our capacity
accordingly. We also need to keep in mind the various overheads.
Hence, you need to bear with us!
13. IS OUR REGION A NICE PLACE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE? Yes,
definitely Powai is a nice place for the younger generation. All
the facilities necessary to satisfy the needs of people
encompassing all budgets and all classes are present within a
stones throw from our houses. The facilities function throughout
the year with rare holidays as is recommended by the local
government. They are well maintained and user friendly enough for a
6 year old to use them by himself!