new delhi union minister for youth affairs and sports kiren rijiju on saturday explained the measures taken to ensure the safety of athletes during training at sports authority of india sai centresdue to the covid19 pandemic all the conventional training programmes being conducted in all sai centres across the country under various sai sports promotional schemes were temporarily suspended and the foreign training of indian athletes were also curtailed however the training has since resumed in accordance with the guidelines issued by the ministry of home affairsin a written reply in rajya sabha rijiju said standard operating procedure sop was laid down to resume sports activities in the training centres under the name of khelo indiafirr sehe said the sop covers all stakeholders at the training centres including athletes technical and nontechnical support staff administrative staff hostel and facility management staff and visitors to the centrealso a covid task force committee has been setup to ensure that the guidelines are strictly implemented at all the training centres the committee ensures the effective implementation of the health protocols issued by the central and respective stateunion territory governmentsai training centres are divided into three zones viz red blue and yellow for the safety and security of the athletes also a hygiene officer with supporting staff like nurses physiotherapist psychologist and nutritionist have been deployed as a hygiene task force to interact and assist with the national campers coaches and supporting staff for any health issue related to covid19 carethe minister said a total of rs 2875 crores has been spent on maintenance and upkeep of sai centres across the country and stadia under sai during the lockdown