Dear Mr Hiren Banerjee,
Appreciate your help and thanks for taking out time for the same.
Pardon my inability to express myself… help decipher how in my question you felt I think there are lots of factories in the heart of the City? The particular set up is also a typical Factory township (like the Tata Nagar and Bata Nagars of the world, I did not mean them to be cities) which do have a couple of playgrounds, nurseries, ponds, Gardens. etc…
The basic needs as you mentioned, some are are already catered with for the Organisation being a 100 years and older
(1) Arrange one vehicle at least twice a week to buy necessities from the nearest mandi/town – ideally most of such SEZs have mandis and Mom Pop Stores around them.
(2) Facilitate admission of children at nearest Schools – ours have schools inbuilt in the SEZ with award winning education facility
(3) Make a playground/park for the afternoon/evening assembly of the family members. – Park is there… but how to make people assemble?
(a) Arrange Specials day like Mother's Day, Children’s Day, Teachers Day etc,small function with competition – We do such things already
(d) Annual Sports for all members of family – Ofcourse being done, since years
(h) Arrange Cultural programme with participation of family members only – being done, very common
(f) Celebration of Company's anniversary/Good performance – being done, very common
(e) Once or twice in a year, Community Feast in presence of all Senior Officers and their families – very common
These have been happening but not to much retention measures
Some humanities can be added–
(5) Arrange pool car facility for going to town with the families on the day of weekly off – Very good idea
(b) Construct a Community Hall and arrange religious ceremony once a week – Good Idea… but I want to make the place more encouraging for the youth to stay back who are typically husband n wife, staying away from Father Mother…
(c) Record every employee and their families birth date, marriage anniversary date and send one small gift to their quarter in the very morning – very good idea.
(g) Appreciation to the families of employees for their special achievements in education/Arts/Games etc. – This is new and good.
(i) Keep in touch with the colony, listen and act with small token – Good thought, any ways I can execute this, having language barrier with them?
In addition to the above, bhabte bhalobashi, so I was thinking… cogito ergo sum
i. A Pub where I can put up a big Screen TV- we play Block bursters (Like DDLJ, Sholey, Dil Kehta hai, Titanic, Berne Series)till 9 PM and kareoke (with chart busters – Indi Pop, Ghazals and slow as the night progresses) till 1 AM in the morning
ii. A Café with a Cyber Cube to surf, a guitar, some Fresh Brew Coffee Cup cakes,
iii. A Centre of Art along with your idea if Community Hall (which is there but I don’t know what all happens in there) but with a twisht with Photographers/ Painters/Tatoo Artists/ Music/ Writers are brought in for workshops, classes, Music sessions and classes. – But I am appehensive about the rate of Turn ins… We cannot make attendance compulsory!
I want to bring some life in the Township and want people to love being in that place and work with all the positive energies and ofcourse not think of leaving it and going away in search of quality of life! I am particularly worried about the women who accompany their husbands to stay in a remote area... their career aspirations and grandure of a city life hets compromised, what all can we do about it, keeping in mind the budgetory constraints.
Would love to hear your thoughts on the same. Thanks again for all the ideas.
Regards
Deepshikha Bhowmick