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Closed-door gyms require electricity, regular maintenance and other facilities while open gyms don’t have these constraints and they can be used by everyone. Considering the demand, HDMC officials sent a proposal seeking approval of the general body to call for a tender to set up open gyms in parks. For such people, an open gym will be helpful, he added. Hubballi: All parks and gardens could soon be equipped with open gym facilities as per a proposal of the Hubballi-Dharwad Municipal Corporation ( HDMC ).The initiative of Hubballi-Dharwad West MLA Aravind Bellad to start an open gym at Morarji Nagar Park on a trial basis received overwhelming public response.Now, all corporators want to have open gym facility in their respective wards. In many parks, there’s no facility for physical exercise for middle-aged persons and senior citizens..