pune the pune municipal corporation had issued a circular in april extending the timings for civic gardens till 9pm but those in balewadi close an hour early leaving little time for working parents who want to take their children to the parks after returning from office many working parents find time to take their children out only in the evening this leaves very little time for children for outdoor activitiesashok ghorpade head of the garden department at pune municipal corporation pmc however said that he had issued a circular on april 5 to increase the garden timings till 9pmin the circular it was mentioned that during summer months all pmc gardens will remain open till 9pm if any watchman is not following the rules it should be brought to our notice we have kept the closing time at 9pm till june 15 we are once again informing all citizens as well as watchmen that the gardens should not close before 9pm till june 15 said ghorpaderesidents of balewadi have decided to write a letter to the pmc requesting the civic body to extend the closing time to 9 pm so that children have more time to spend in the parks they also want balewadi swimming pool to stay open till 9pmwe finish work around 7pm and reach home around 730pm since the gardens close by 8pm theres hardly any time for children to play most societies have very little space for children to play and hence these gardens are a boon said anil gasi a businessmangasi said that he would collect signatures and request the garden department to take up the issue due to punes traffic we often reach home just 15 minutes before the closing time of parks all this will change if the parks are kept open till 9pm at least i will meet the local corporator shortly and then write a letter to the garden department added gasisanjeev singh an it professional from balewadi area said that other amenities too need to be kept open till 9pm apart from the garden the swimming pool at balewadi stadium should be kept open till late but it remains open between 6am to 9am and then from 3pm to 6pm the civic body must keep this open till at least 9pm already sporting facilities are less in the city and it would be of great help if the civic body keeps whatever sport facilities it has open till 9pm for public said singh