ahmedabad the city is seeing a surge of activity this summer with students flooding recreational centres across the city pools skating rinks sports complexes and gyms are packed with young learners while cricket coaching camps are humming with energy as hundreds of youngsters enrol in training sessions ahmedabad municipal corporations recreational facilities are all at full capacity this vacationahmedabad is witnessing a surge in cricket fever with its buzzing practice pitches the sardar patel stadium at navrangpura is attracting a lot of attention numerous coaching camps have cropped up in open plots across the city and on playgrounds of educational institutes the city boasts of over two dozen cricket coaching centres that charge between rs 1000 and rs 2000 as monthly fees the coaching sessions run six hours daily split into threehour morning and evening batcheskantibhai dabhi assistant manager of amcs recreation department said there is a huge rush at all our swimming pools gyms skating rinks and sports complexes we have initiated new batches for learners in the morning and afternoon shifts school vacations and rising summer heat are driving more and more people to join swimming classes saida head coach of a swimming pool in the city said the rush at swimming pools would reduce once schools reopen we have several batches throughout the day and yet we are getting so many applications that we cannot accommodate all the kids who want to learn swimming he said refusing to be named according to amc data 36088 persons registered for swimming in 202223 earning the amc an income of rs 423 crore in comparison the civic body made rs 91 lakh this aprilin the first four months of the calendar year more than 8000 persons have registered at gyms skating rinks and sports complexes earning amc rs 1749 lakh