chandigarh in a bid to promote tourism in the city the ut administration is considering using open air theatres in the citys educational institutions for allowing hosting of cultural events the tourism department is said to be collating data on educational institutions that have such facilities there are around 60 such facilities in the citys educational institutions after school hours and during holidays they remain idle similarly there have been complaints that the city lacks such infrastructure which dissuades many from organising cultural events in the city the idea is to put such infrastructure to use to bring more vibrancy to the citys cultural life said an official there is a ut policy which stipulates that open air theatres or similar infrastructure in schools and colleges can be used only for that institute we are exploring the possibility of amending the provision so that if somebody wants to use such a facility in the evenings or holidays he could be permitted to use it for cultural events or tourism related events the official said the facility will be rented out and the income generated will be mainly given to the department having the facility already such facilities can be used by different departments in addition to educational institutes with payment of a user charges these facilities can be made available to private or other public institutions the official said the first claim on the schools infrastructure will remain with the school itself the priority will be given to the educational institutions where such a facility is located but otherwise after payment of a stipulated fee cultural events can be allowed said an official the city educational institutions have large open areas auditoriums and open air theatres which most of the year are lying vacant occasionally during the peak festival season the school grounds are used as temporary vehicle parking in the underpreparation chandigarh sports policy also the administration is considering using school grounds for sports activities managed by private entities or sports associations